PROVERBS 10:1-25

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

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

³The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he thrusteth away the desire of the wicked.

⁴He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

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

⁶Blessings are upon the head of the righteous: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

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

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

⁹He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.

¹⁰He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.

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

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

¹³In the lips of him that hath discernment wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.

¹⁴Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is a present destruction.

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

¹⁶The labour of the righteous tendeth to life; the increase of the wicked to sin.

¹⁷He is in the way of life that heedeth correction: but he that forsaketh reproof erreth.

¹⁸He that hideth hatred is of lying lips; and he that uttereth a slander is a fool.

¹⁹In the multitude of words there wanteth not transgression: but he that refraineth his lips doeth wisely.

²⁰The tongue of the righteous is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth.

²¹The lips of the righteous feed many: but the foolish die for lack of understanding.

²²The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow therewith.

²³It is as sport to a fool to do wickedness: and so is wisdom to a man of understanding.

²⁴The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: and the desire of the righteous shall be granted.

²⁵When the whirlwind passeth, the wicked is no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.