Proverbs 10:2-21

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.

⁵A wise son gathereth in summer; but a son that doeth shamefully sleepeth in harvest.

⁶Blessings are upon the head of the righteous; but the mouth of the wicked concealeth violence.

⁷The memory of the righteous shall be for a blessing; 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 securely; but he that perverteth his ways shall be found out.

¹⁰He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow; and a prating fool shall fall.

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

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 an imminent ruin.

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

¹⁶The wages of the righteous is life; the increase of the wicked is sin.

¹⁷He is in the way of life that heedeth instruction; 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 is wise.

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 want of understanding.