Proverbs 10:1-30

¹A wise son maketh the father glad: but a foolish son is the sorrow of his mother.

²Treasures of wickedness shall profit nothing: but justice shall deliver from death.

³The Lord will not afflict the soul of the just with famine, and he will disappoint the deceitful practices of the wicked.

⁴The slothful hand hath wrought poverty: but the hand of the industrious getteth riches. He that trusteth to lies feedeth the winds: and the same runneth after birds that fly away.

⁵He that gathered in the harvest is a wise son: but he that snorteth in the summer, is the son of confusion.

⁶The blessing of the Lord is upon the head of the just: but iniquity covereth the mouth of the wicked.

⁷The memory of the just is with praises: and the name of the wicked shall rot.

⁸The wise of heart receiveth precepts: a fool is beaten with lips.

⁹He that walketh sincerely, walketh confidently: but he that perverteth his ways, shall be manifest.

¹⁰He that winketh with the eye shall cause sorrow: and the foolish in lips shall be beaten.

¹¹The mouth of the just is a vein of life: and the mouth of the wicked covereth iniquity.

¹²Hatred stirreth up strifes: and charity covereth all sins.

¹³In the lips of the wise is wisdom found: and a rod on the back of him that wanteth sense.

¹⁴Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the fool is next to confusion.

¹⁵The substance of a rich man is the city of his strength: the fear of the poor is their poverty.

¹⁶The work of the just is unto life: but the fruit of the wicked, unto sin.

¹⁷The way of life, to him that observeth correction: but he that forsaketh reproofs goeth astray.

¹⁸Lying lips hide hatred: he that uttereth reproach is foolish.

¹⁹In the multitude of words there shall not want sin: but he that refraineth his lips is most wise.

²⁰The tongue of the just is as choice silver: but the heart of the wicked is nothing worth.

²¹The lips of the just teach many: but they that are ignorant, shall die in the want of understanding.

²²The blessing of the Lord maketh men rich: neither shall affliction be joined to them.

²³A fool worketh mischief as it were for sport: but wisdom is prudence to a man.

²⁴That which the wicked feareth, shall come upon him: to the just their desire shall be given.

²⁵As a tempest that passeth, so the wicked shall be no more: but the just is as an everlasting foundation.

²⁶As vinegar to the teeth, and smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that sent him.

²⁷The fear of the Lord shall prolong days: and the years of the wicked shall be shortened.

²⁸The expectation of the just is joy; but the hope of the wicked shall perish.

²⁹The strength of the upright is the way of the Lord: and fear to them that work evil.

³⁰The just shall never be moved: but the wicked shall not dwell on the earth.