Proverbs 12

¹Whoso loveth correction loveth knowledge:

But he that hateth reproof is brutish.

²A good man shall obtain favour 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 never 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 just:

But the counsels of the wicked are deceit.

⁶The words of the wicked are of lying 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.

⁹Better is he that is lightly esteemed, and hath a servant,

Than he that honoureth 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 have plenty of bread:

But he that followeth after vain persons is void of understanding.

¹²The wicked desireth the net of evil men:

But the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit .

¹³In the transgression of the lips is a snare to the evil man:

But the righteous shall come out of trouble.

¹⁴A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth:

And the doings of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him.

¹⁵The way of the foolish is right in his own eyes:

But he that is wise hearkeneth unto counsel.

¹⁶A fool's vexation is presently known:

But a prudent man concealeth shame.

¹⁷He that uttereth truth sheweth forth righteousness,

But a false witness deceit.

¹⁸There is that speaketh rashly 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 devise evil:

But to the counsellors of peace is joy.

²¹There shall no mischief happen to the righteous:

But the wicked shall be filled with evil.

²²Lying lips are an 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 put under taskwork.

²⁵Heaviness in the heart of a man maketh it stoop;

But a good word maketh it glad.

²⁶The righteous is a guide to his neighbour:

But the way of the wicked causeth them to err.

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

But the precious substance of men is to the diligent

²⁸In the way of righteousness is life;

And in the pathway thereof there is no death.