Proverbs Chapter 14

14 : 1 Every wise woman builds her house: but the foolish plucks it down with her hands.

14 : 2 He that walks in his uprightness fears the LORD: but he that is perverse in his ways despises him.

14 : 3 In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.

14 : 4 Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the strength of the ox.

14 : 5 A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.

14 : 6 A scorner seeks wisdom, and finds it not: but knowledge is easy to him that understands.

14 : 7 Go from the presence of a foolish man, when you perceive not in him the lips of knowledge.

14 : 8 The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.

14 : 9 Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favor.

14 : 10 The heart knows his own bitterness; and a stranger does not intermeddle with his joy.

14 : 11 The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.

14 : 12 There is a way which seems right to a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

14 : 13 Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.

14 : 14 The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.

14 : 15 The simple believes every word: but the prudent man looks well to his going.

14 : 16 A wise man fears, and departs from evil: but the fool rages, and is confident.

14 : 17 He that is soon angry deals foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.

14 : 18 The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

14 : 19 The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

14 : 20 The poor is hated even of his own neighbor: but the rich has many friends.

14 : 21 He that despises his neighbor sins: but he that has mercy on the poor, happy is he.

14 : 22 Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.

14 : 23 In all labor there is profit: but the talk of the lips tends only to penury.

14 : 24 The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.

14 : 25 A true witness delivers souls: but a deceitful witness speaks lies.

14 : 26 In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.

14 : 27 The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

14 : 28 In the multitude of people is the king's honor: but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.

14 : 29 He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalts folly.

14 : 30 A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.

14 : 31 He that oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker: but he that honors him has mercy on the poor.

14 : 32 The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous has hope in his death.

14 : 33 Wisdom rests in the heart of him that has understanding: but that which is in the middle of fools is made known.

14 : 34 Righteousness exalts a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.

14 : 35 The king's favor is toward a wise servant: but his wrath is against him that causes shame.