Proverbs 10:9-26

⁹He that walketh vprightly, walketh boldely: but he that peruerteth his wayes, shalbe knowen.

¹⁰He that winketh with the eye, worketh sorowe, and he yet is foolish in talke, shalbe beaten.

¹¹The mouth of a righteous man is a welspring of life: but iniquitie couereth the mouth of the wicked.

¹²Hatred stirreth vp contentions: but loue couereth all trespasses.

¹³In the lippes of him that hath vnderstanding wisdome is founde, and a rod shalbe for the backe of him that is destitute of wisedome.

¹⁴Wise men lay vp knowledge: but ye mouth of the foole is a present destruction.

¹⁵The riche mans goodes are his strong citie: but the feare of the needie is their pouertie.

¹⁶The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: but the reuenues of the wicked to sinne.

¹⁷He that regardeth instruction, is in the way of life: but he that refuseth correction, goeth out of the way.

¹⁸He that dissembleth hatred with lying lips, and he that inuenteth slaunder, is a foole.

¹⁹In many wordes there cannot want iniquitie: but he that refrayneth his lippes, is wise.

²⁰The tongue of the iust man is as fined siluer: but the heart of the wicked is litle worth.

²¹The lippes of the righteous doe feede many: but fooles shall die for want of wisedome.

²²The blessing of the Lord, it maketh riche, and he doeth adde no sorowes with it.

²³It is as a pastime to a foole to doe wickedly: but wisedome is vnderstanding to a man.

²⁴That which the wicked feareth, shall come vpon him: but God wil graunt the desire of the righteous.

²⁵As the whirlewinde passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is as an euerlasting foundation.

²⁶As vineger is to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the slouthful to them that send him.