Proverbs 10:1-17

¹The Proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father; but a foolish son is the grief of his mother.

²Treasures of wickedness profit nothing; but righteousness delivereth from death.

³Jehovah suffereth not the soul of the righteous man to famish; but he repelleth the craving of the wicked.

⁴He cometh to want that dealeth with a slack hand; but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

⁵He that gathereth in summer is a wise son; he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.

⁶Blessings are upon the head of a righteous man; but the mouth of the wicked covereth violence.

⁷The memory of the righteous man shall be blessed; but the name of the wicked shall rot.

⁸The wise in heart receiveth commandments; but a prating fool shall fall.

⁹He that walketh in integrity walketh securely; but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.

¹⁰He that winketh with the eye causeth grief, and a prating fool shall fall.

¹¹The mouth of a righteous man is a fountain of life; but the mouth of the wicked covereth violence.

¹²Hatred stirreth up strifes; but love covereth all transgressions.

¹³In the lips of an intelligent man wisdom is found; but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.

¹⁴The wise lay up knowledge; but the mouth of the fool is near destruction.

¹⁵The rich man's wealth is his strong city; the destruction of the poor is their poverty.

¹⁶The labour of a righteous man tendeth to life; the revenue of a wicked man, to sin.

¹⁷Keeping instruction is the path to life; but he that forsaketh reproof goeth astray.