Proverbs 10:9-17

⁹He that walketh uprightly ever walketh securely; but he that perverteth his ways will be punished.

¹⁰He that winketh with the eye causeth vexation; and he that is a fool in his speaking will stumble.

¹¹A source of life is the mouth of the righteous; but the mouth of the wicked covereth violence.

¹²Hatred stirreth up strifes; but love throweth a cover over all transgressions.

¹³On the lips of the man of understanding there is found wisdom: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of sense.

¹⁴Wise men treasure up knowledge; but the mouth of the foolish is an approaching terror.

¹⁵The wealth of the rich man is his strong town: the terror of the poor is their poverty.

¹⁶The labor of the righteous tendeth to life: the product of the wicked is for sin.

¹⁷On the way unto life is he that observeth correction; but he that forsaketh reproof is in error.