Proverbs 12:1-13

¹Whoso loveth discipline loveth knowledge, but he that hateth reproof is brutish.

²A good man obtaineth favour of Jehovah; but a man of mischievous devices will he condemn.

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

⁴A woman of worth is a crown to her husband; but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

⁵The thoughts of the righteous are right; the counsels of the wicked are deceit.

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

⁷Overthrow the wicked, and they are no more; but the house of the righteous shall stand.

⁸A man is commended according to his wisdom; but he that is of a perverted heart shall be despised.

⁹Better is he that is lightly esteemed, and hath a servant, than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.

¹⁰A righteous man is concerned for the life of his beast; but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.

¹¹He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread; but he that followeth the worthless is void of understanding.

¹²The wicked desireth the net of evil men; but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.

¹³In the transgression of the lips is an evil snare; but a righteous man shall go forth out of trouble.