Proverbs 14:1-12

¹The wise among women buildeth her house; but the foolish pulleth it down with her own hands.

²In his uprightness walketh he that feareth the Lord; but perverse in his ways is he that despiseth him.

³In the mouth of the foolish is a stick for his pride; but the lips of the wise will preserve them.

⁴Where no oxen are, is the crib clean; but the abundance of harvests is only through the strength of the ox.

⁵A faithful witness will not lie; but a false witness constantly uttereth lies.

⁶A scorner seeketh wisdom, and there is none; but knowledge is easy to the man of understanding.

⁷Go far away from a foolish man, else thou wilt never know the lips of knowledge.

⁸The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way; but the folly of fools is deceit.

⁹The fool maketh a mockery of guilt; but among the upright there is good will.

¹⁰The heart knoweth its own bitterness; and with its joy can no stranger intermeddle.

¹¹The house of the wicked will be destroyed: but the tent of the upright will flourish.

¹²There is many a way which seemeth even before a man; but its end are ways unto death.