10Proverbs 10

1The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.Select Proverbs 10:1

2Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivers from death.Select Proverbs 10:2

3The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casts away the substance of the wicked.Select Proverbs 10:3

4He becomes poor that deals with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent makes rich.Select Proverbs 10:4

5He that gathers in summer is a wise son: but he that sleeps in harvest is a son that causes shame.Select Proverbs 10:5

6Blessings are on the head of the just: but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.Select Proverbs 10:6

7The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.Select Proverbs 10:7

8The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.Select Proverbs 10:8

9He that walks uprightly walks surely: but he that perverts his ways shall be known.Select Proverbs 10:9

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

11The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.Select Proverbs 10:11

12Hatred stirs up strifes: but love covers all sins.Select Proverbs 10:12

13In the lips of him that has understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.Select Proverbs 10:13

14Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.Select Proverbs 10:14

15The rich man’s wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.Select Proverbs 10:15

16The labor of the righteous tends to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.Select Proverbs 10:16

17He is in the way of life that keeps instruction: but he that refuses reproof errs.Select Proverbs 10:17

18He that hides hatred with lying lips, and he that utters a slander, is a fool.Select Proverbs 10:18

19In the multitude of words there wants not sin: but he that refrains his lips is wise.Select Proverbs 10:19

20The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth.Select Proverbs 10:20

21The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.Select Proverbs 10:21

22The blessing of the LORD, it makes rich, and he adds no sorrow with it.Select Proverbs 10:22

23It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding has wisdom.Select Proverbs 10:23

24The fear of the wicked, it shall come on him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.Select Proverbs 10:24

25As the whirlwind passes, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.Select Proverbs 10:25

26As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.Select Proverbs 10:26

27The fear of the LORD prolongs days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.Select Proverbs 10:27

28The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.Select Proverbs 10:28

29The way of the LORD is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.Select Proverbs 10:29

30The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.Select Proverbs 10:30

31The mouth of the just brings forth wisdom: but the fraudulent tongue shall be cut out.Select Proverbs 10:31

32The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaks frowardness.Select Proverbs 10:32