Proverbs 12

¹Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge:

but he that hateth reproof is brutish.

²A good man obtaineth favor of the Lord :

but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.

³A man shall not be established by wickedness:

but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.

⁴A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband:

but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

⁵The thoughts of the righteous are right:

but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.

⁶The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood:

but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

⁷The wicked are overthrown, and are not:

but the house of the righteous shall stand.

⁸A man shall be commended according to his wisdom:

but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.

⁹He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better

than he that honoreth himself, and lacketh bread.

¹⁰A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast:

but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.

¹¹He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread:

but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.

¹²The wicked desireth the net of evil men :

but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit .

¹³The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips:

but the just shall come out of trouble.

¹⁴A 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.

¹⁵The way of a fool is right in his own eyes:

but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.

¹⁶A fool's wrath is presently known:

but a prudent man covereth shame.

¹⁷He that speaketh truth showeth forth righteousness:

but a false witness deceit.

¹⁸There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword:

but the tongue of the wise is health.

¹⁹The lip of truth shall be established for ever:

but a lying tongue is but for a moment.

²⁰Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil:

but to the counselors of peace is joy.

²¹There shall no evil happen to the just:

but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.

²²Lying lips are abomination to the Lord :

but they that deal truly are his delight.

²³A prudent man concealeth knowledge:

but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.

²⁴The hand of the diligent shall bear rule:

but the slothful shall be under tribute.

²⁵Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop:

but a good word maketh it glad.

²⁶The righteous is more excellent than his neighbor:

but the way of the wicked seduceth them.

²⁷The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting:

but the substance of a diligent man is precious.

²⁸In the way of righteousness is life;

and in the pathway thereof there is no death.