10Proverbs 10

CHAP. X. / From this Chapter to the fiue and twentieth, are sundry obseruations of morall vertues, and their contrary vices.

1The Prouerbes of Solomon: A wise sonne maketh a glad father: but a foolish sonne is the heauinesse of his mother.Select Proverbs 10:1

2Treasures of wickednesse profit nothing: but righteousnes deliuereth from death.Select Proverbs 10:2

3The Lord will not suffer the soule of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.Select Proverbs 10:3

4Hee becommeth poore that dealeth with a slacke hand: but the hand of the diligent, maketh rich.Select Proverbs 10:4

5Hee that gathereth in Summer, is a wise sonne: but hee that sleepeth in haruest, is a sonne that causeth shame.Select Proverbs 10:5

6Blessings are vpon the head of the iust: but violence couereth the mouth of the wicked.Select Proverbs 10:6

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

8The wise in heart will receiue commaundements: but a prating foole shall fall.Select Proverbs 10:8

9He that walketh vprightly, walketh surely: but he that peruerteth his wayes, shalbe knowen.Select Proverbs 10:9

10Hee that winketh with the eye, causeth sorrow: but a prating foole shall fall.Select Proverbs 10:10

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

12Hatred stirreth vp strifes: but loue couereth all sinnes.Select Proverbs 10:12

13In the lips of him that hath vnderstanding, wisedome is found: but a rod is for the backe of him that is voyd of vnderstanding.Select Proverbs 10:13

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

15The rich mans wealth is his strong citie: the destruction of the poore is their pouertie.Select Proverbs 10:15

16The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruite of the wicked to sinne.Select Proverbs 10:16

17He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but hee that refuseth reproofe, erreth.Select Proverbs 10:17

18Hee that hideth hatred with lying lippes, and he that vttereth a slander, is a foole.Select Proverbs 10:18

19In the multitude of words there wanteth not sinne: but he that refraineth his lippes, is wise.Select Proverbs 10:19

20The tongue of the iust is as choise siluer: the heart of the wicked is little worth.Select Proverbs 10:20

21The lippes of the righteous feed many: but fooles die for want of wisedome.Select Proverbs 10:21

22The blessing of the Lord, it maketh rich, and hee addeth no sorrow with it.Select Proverbs 10:22

23It is as a sport to a foole to doe mischiefe: but a man of vnderstanding hath wisedome.Select Proverbs 10:23

24The feare of the wicked, it shall come vpon him: but the desire of the righteous shalbe granted.Select Proverbs 10:24

25As the whirlewinde passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an euerlasting foundation.Select Proverbs 10:25

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

27The feare of the Lord prolongeth dayes: but the yeeres of the wicked shalbe shortened.Select Proverbs 10:27

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

29The way of the Lord is strength to the vpright: but destruction shall bee to the workers of iniquitie.Select Proverbs 10:29

30The righteous shall neuer bee remooued: but the wicked shall not inhabite the earth.Select Proverbs 10:30

31The mouth of the iust bringeth foorth wisedome: but the froward tongue shalbe cut out.Select Proverbs 10:31

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