14Proverbs 14

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

2He that walks in his uprightness fears the LORD: but he that is perverse in his ways despises him.Select Proverbs 14:2

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

4Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the strength of the ox.Select Proverbs 14:4

5A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.Select Proverbs 14:5

6A scorner seeks wisdom, and finds it not: but knowledge is easy to him that understands.Select Proverbs 14:6

7Go from the presence of a foolish man, when you perceive not in him the lips of knowledge.Select Proverbs 14:7

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

9Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favor.Select Proverbs 14:9

10The heart knows his own bitterness; and a stranger does not intermeddle with his joy.Select Proverbs 14:10

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

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

13Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.Select Proverbs 14:13

14The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.Select Proverbs 14:14

15The simple believes every word: but the prudent man looks well to his going.Select Proverbs 14:15

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

17He that is soon angry deals foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.Select Proverbs 14:17

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

19The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.Select Proverbs 14:19

20The poor is hated even of his own neighbor: but the rich has many friends.Select Proverbs 14:20

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

22Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.Select Proverbs 14:22

23In all labor there is profit: but the talk of the lips tends only to penury.Select Proverbs 14:23

24The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.Select Proverbs 14:24

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

26In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.Select Proverbs 14:26

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

28In the multitude of people is the king’s honor: but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.Select Proverbs 14:28

29He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalts folly.Select Proverbs 14:29

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

31He that oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker: but he that honors him has mercy on the poor.Select Proverbs 14:31

32The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous has hope in his death.Select Proverbs 14:32

33Wisdom rests in the heart of him that has understanding: but that which is in the middle of fools is made known.Select Proverbs 14:33

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

35The king’s favor is toward a wise servant: but his wrath is against him that causes shame.Select Proverbs 14:35