Proverbs 10:1-Proverbs 22:16 - Proverbs Of Solomon

¹ The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father: but a foolish son is the grief of his mother.

² Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivers from death.

³ The LORD will not allow the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casts away the desire of the wicked.

⁴ He becomes poor who has a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent makes rich.

⁵ He that gathers in summer is a wise son: but he that sleeps in harvest is a son that causes shame.

⁶ Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

⁷ The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.

⁸ The wise in heart will heed commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.

⁹ He that walks uprightly walks securely: but he that perverts his ways shall be known.

¹⁰ He that winks with the eye causes trouble: but a prating fool shall fall.

¹¹ The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

¹² Hatred stirs up strife: but love covers all sins.

¹³ In the lips of him that has understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.

¹⁴ Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.

¹⁵ The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the ruin of the poor is their poverty.

¹⁶ The labor of the righteous leads to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.

¹⁷ He is in the way of life that keeps instruction: but he that refuses reproof goes astray.

¹⁸ He that hides hatred with lying lips, and he that utters a slander, is a fool.

¹⁹ In the multitude of words there lacks not sin: but he that refrains his lips is wise.

²⁰ The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is of little worth.

²¹ The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for lack of wisdom.

²² The blessing of the LORD, it makes rich, and he adds no sorrow with it.

²³ It is as sport to a fool to do wrong: but a man of understanding has wisdom.

²⁴ The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.

²⁵ As the whirlwind passes, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.

²⁶ As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.

²⁷ The fear of the LORD prolongs days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.

²⁸ The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.

²⁹ The way of the LORD is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.

³⁰ The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the land.

³¹ The mouth of the just brings forth wisdom: but the perverse tongue shall be cut out.

³² The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked, what is perverse.

¹ A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.

² When pride comes, then comes shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.

³ The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.

⁴ Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivers from death.

⁵ The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

⁶ The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own lust.

⁷ When a wicked man dies, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perishes.

⁸ The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked comes in his stead.

⁹ A hypocrite with his mouth destroys his neighbor: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.

¹⁰ When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices: and when the wicked perish, there is shouting.

¹¹ By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.

¹² He that is void of wisdom despises his neighbor: but a man of understanding holds his peace.

¹³ A talebearer reveals secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit conceals the matter.

¹⁴ Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counselors there is safety.

¹⁵ He that is surety for a stranger shall suffer for it: and he that hates being surety is secure.

¹⁶ A gracious woman retains honor: and strong men retain riches.

¹⁷ The merciful man does good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubles his own flesh.

¹⁸ The wicked works a deceitful work: but to him that sows righteousness shall be a sure reward.

¹⁹ As righteousness leads to life: so he that pursues evil pursues it to his own death.

²⁰ They that are of a perverse heart are abomination to the LORD: but such as are upright in their way are his delight.

²¹ Though they join hand to hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the descendants of the righteous shall be delivered.

²² As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a beautiful woman who is without discretion.

²³ The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.

²⁴ There is one that scatters, and yet increases; and there is one that withholds more than is right, but it leads to poverty.

²⁵ The liberal soul shall be made rich: and he that waters shall be watered also himself.

²⁶ He that withholds grain, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that sells it.

²⁷ He that diligently seeks good procures favor: but he that seeks evil, it shall come unto him.

²⁸ He that trusts in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.

²⁹ He that troubles his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.

³⁰ The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that wins souls is wise.

³¹ Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed on the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.

¹ Whosoever loves instruction loves knowledge: but he that hates reproof is senseless.

² A good man obtains favor of the LORD: but a man of wicked intentions will he condemn.

³ A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.

⁴ A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that makes ashamed is like rottenness in his bones.

⁵ The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.

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

⁷ The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.

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

⁹ He that is despised, and has a servant, is better than he that honors himself, and lacks bread.

¹⁰ A righteous man regards the life of his animal: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.

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

¹² The wicked desires the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yields fruit.

¹³ The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall escape from trouble.

¹⁴ A 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.

¹⁵ The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkens unto counsel is wise.

¹⁶ A fool's wrath is at once known: but a prudent man covers shame.

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

¹⁸ There is one that speaks like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise brings health.

¹⁹ The lip of truth shall be established forever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.

²⁰ Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counselors of peace there is joy.

²¹ There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with trouble.

²² Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight.

²³ A prudent man conceals knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaims foolishness.

²⁴ The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be put to forced labor.

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

²⁶ The righteous chooses his friends carefully: but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

²⁷ The slothful man roasts not that which he took in hunting: but the possessions of a diligent man are precious.

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

¹ A wise son hears his father's instruction: but a scoffer hears not rebuke.

² A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors feeds on violence.

³ He that keeps his mouth keeps his life: but he that opens wide his lips shall have destruction.

⁴ The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made rich.

⁵ A righteous man hates lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and comes to shame.

⁶ Righteousness keeps him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

⁷ There is one that makes himself rich, yet has nothing: there is one that makes himself poor, yet has great riches.

⁸ The ransom of a man's life are his riches: but the poor hears not rebuke.

⁹ The light of the righteous rejoices: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

¹⁰ Only by pride comes strife: but with the well advised is wisdom.