Proverbs 12:1-11

¹Whoso loveth correction loveth knowledge; but he that hateth reproof is brutish.

²The good obtaineth favor of the Lord; but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.

³A man cannot be firmly established by wickedness; but the root of the righteous will not be moved.

⁴A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but as rottenness in his bones is one that bringeth shame on him.

⁵The thoughts of the righteous are justice: the best counsels of the wicked are deceit.

⁶The words of the wicked are of lying in wait for blood; but the mouth of the upright will deliver them.

⁷The wicked are suddenly overthrown, and are no more; but the house of the righteous will endure.

⁸In accordance with his intelligence is a man praised; but he that is perverse of heart will come to be despised.

⁹Better is he that is lightly esteemed who hath a servant, than he that aimeth after honor, and lacketh bread.

¹⁰A righteous man careth for the life of his beast; but the mercies of the wicked are cruelty.

¹¹He that tilleth his ground will be satisfied with bread; but he that runneth after idle persons is void of sense.