Proverbs Capítulo 14
This is a book of maxims of wisdom, ethical teachings and common sense about how to live a right life.
A Conservative Version
14 : 1 Every wise woman builds her house, but a foolish woman plucks it down with her own hands.
14 : 2 He who walks in his uprightness fears Jehovah, but he who is perverse in his ways despises him.
14 : 3 In the mouth of a fool 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 by the strength of the ox is much increase.
14 : 5 A faithful witness will not lie, but a false witness utters lies.
14 : 6 A scoffer seeks wisdom, and finds it not, but knowledge is easy to him who has understanding.
14 : 7 Go into the presence of a foolish man, and thou shall not perceive the lips of knowledge.
14 : 8 The wisdom of a prudent man is to understand his way, but the folly of fools is deceit.
14 : 9 Fools mock at sin, but among the upright there is good will.
14 : 10 The heart knows its own bitterness, and a stranger does not intermeddle with its joy.
14 : 11 The house of the wicked shall be overthrown, but the tent 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 mirth is heaviness.
14 : 14 The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways, and a good man from his own fruits.
14 : 15 A simple man 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 bears himself insolently, and is confident.
14 : 17 He who is soon angry will deal 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 down before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
14 : 20 The poor man is regarded inferior even by his own neighbor, but the rich man has many friends.
14 : 21 He who despises his neighbor sins, but he who has pity on the poor, happy is he.
14 : 22 Do they not err who devise evil? But mercy and truth are to those who devise good.
14 : 23 In all labor there is profit, but the talk of the lips tends only to poverty.
14 : 24 The crown of the wise is their riches. The foolishness of fools is folly.
14 : 25 A true witness delivers souls, but he who utters lies causes deceit.
14 : 26 In the fear of Jehovah is strong confidence, and his sons shall have a place of refuge.
14 : 27 The fear of Jehovah is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
14 : 28 In the multitude of people is the king's glory, but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.
14 : 29 He who is slow to anger is of great understanding, but he who is hasty of spirit exalts folly.
14 : 30 A tranquil heart is the life of the flesh, but envy is the rottenness of the bones.
14 : 31 He who oppresses a poor man reproaches his maker, but he who has mercy on a needy man honors him.
14 : 32 An evil man is thrust down in his evil-doing, but a righteous man has hope in his death.
14 : 33 Wisdom rests in the heart of him who has understanding, but what is in the inward part 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 servant who deals wisely, but his wrath will be to him who causes shame.