Proverbs 14:20-33

²⁰Friends will hate poor friends; but the friends of the rich are many.

²¹He that dishonors the needy sins: but he that has pity on the poor is most blessed.

²²They that go astray devise evils: but the good devise mercy and truth. The framers of evil do not understand mercy and truth: but compassion and faithfulness are with the framers of good.

²³With every one who is careful there is abundance: but the pleasure-taking and indolent shall be in lack.

²⁴A prudent man is the crown of the wise: but the occupation of fools is evil.

²⁵A faithful witness shall deliver a soul from evil: but a deceitful man kindles falsehoods.

²⁶In the fear of the Lord is strong confidence: and he leaves his children a support.

²⁷The commandment of the Lord is a fountain of life; and it causes men to turn aside from the snare of death.

²⁸In a populous nation is the glory of a king: but in the failure of people is the ruin of a prince.

²⁹A man slow to wrath abounds in wisdom: but a man of impatient spirit is very foolish.

³⁰A meek-spirited man is a healer of the heart: but a sensitive heart is a corruption of the bones.

³¹He that oppresses the needy provokes his Maker: but he that honors him has pity upon the poor.

³²The ungodly shall be driven away in his wickedness: but he who is secure in his own holiness is just.

³³There is wisdom in the good heart of a man: but in the heart of fools it is not discerned.