Proverbs 14:1
Every wise woman builds her house, but a foolish woman plucks it down with her own hands.
Proverbs 14:2
He who walks in his uprightness fears Jehovah, but he who is perverse in his ways despises him.
Proverbs 14:3
In the mouth of a fool is a rod of pride, but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
Proverbs 14:4
Where no oxen are, the crib is clean, but by the strength of the ox is much increase.
Proverbs 14:5
A faithful witness will not lie, but a false witness utters lies.
Proverbs 14:6
A scoffer seeks wisdom, and finds it not, but knowledge is easy to him who has understanding.
Proverbs 14:7
Go into the presence of a foolish man, and thou shall not perceive the lips of knowledge.
Proverbs 14:8
The wisdom of a prudent man is to understand his way, but the folly of fools is deceit.
Proverbs 14:9
Fools mock at sin, but among the upright there is good will.
Proverbs 14:10
The heart knows its own bitterness, and a stranger does not intermeddle with its joy.
Proverbs 14:11
The house of the wicked shall be overthrown, but the tent of the upright shall flourish.
Proverbs 14:12
There is a way which seems right to a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
Proverbs 14:13
Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful, and the end of mirth is heaviness.
Proverbs 14:14
The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways, and a good man from his own fruits.
Proverbs 14:15
A simple man believes every word, but the prudent man looks well to his going.
Proverbs 14:16
A wise man fears, and departs from evil, but the fool bears himself insolently, and is confident.
Proverbs 14:17
He who is soon angry will deal foolishly. And a man of wicked devices is hated.
Proverbs 14:18
The simple inherit folly, but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
Proverbs 14:19
The evil bow down before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
Proverbs 14:20
The poor man is regarded inferior even by his own neighbor, but the rich man has many friends.
Proverbs 14:21
He who despises his neighbor sins, but he who has pity on the poor, happy is he.
Proverbs 14:22
Do they not err who devise evil? But mercy and truth are to those who devise good.
Proverbs 14:23
In all labor there is profit, but the talk of the lips tends only to poverty.
Proverbs 14:24
The crown of the wise is their riches. The foolishness of fools is folly.
Proverbs 14:25
A true witness delivers souls, but he who utters lies causes deceit.
Proverbs 14:26
In the fear of Jehovah is strong confidence, and his sons shall have a place of refuge.
Proverbs 14:27
The fear of Jehovah is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
Proverbs 14:28
In the multitude of people is the king's glory, but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.
Proverbs 14:29
He who is slow to anger is of great understanding, but he who is hasty of spirit exalts folly.
Proverbs 14:30
A tranquil heart is the life of the flesh, but envy is the rottenness of the bones.
Proverbs 14:31
He who oppresses a poor man reproaches his maker, but he who has mercy on a needy man honors him.
Proverbs 14:32
An evil man is thrust down in his evil-doing, but a righteous man has hope in his death.
Proverbs 14:33
Wisdom rests in the heart of him who has understanding, but what is in the inward part of fools is made known.
Proverbs 14:34
Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people.
Proverbs 14:35
The king's favor is toward a servant who deals wisely, but his wrath will be to him who causes shame.