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The Book of Proverbs
Chapter 10
In the twenty following chapters are contained many wise sayings and axioms, relating to wisdom and folly, virtue and vice.
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A wise son maketh the father glad: but a foolish son is the sorrow of his mother. |
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Treasures of wickedness shall profit nothing: but justice shall deliver from death. |
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The Lord will not afflict the soul of the just with famine, and he will disappoint the deceitful practices of the wicked. |
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The slothful hand hath wrought poverty: but the hand of the industrious getteth riches. He that trusteth to lies feedeth the winds: and the same runneth after birds, that fly away. |
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He that gathereth in the harvest, is a wise son: but he that snorteth in the summer, is the son of confusion. |
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The blessing of the Lord is upon the head of the just: but iniquity covereth the mouth of the wicked. |
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The memory of the just is with praises: and the name of the wicked shall rot. |
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The wise of heart receiveth precepts: a fool is beaten with lips. |
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He that walketh sincerely, walketh confidently: but he that perverteth his ways, shall be manifest. |
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He that winketh with the eye, shall cause sorrow: and the foolish in lips shall be beaten. |
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The mouth of the just is a vein of life: and the mouth of the wicked covereth iniquity. |
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Hatred stirreth up strifes: and charity covereth all sins. |
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In the lips of the wise is wisdom found: and a rod on the back of him that wanteth sense. |
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Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the fool is next to confusion. |
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The substance of a rich man is the city of his strength: the fear of the poor is their poverty. |
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The work of the just is unto life: but the fruit of the wicked unto sin. |
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The way of life, to him that observeth correction: but he that forsaketh reproofs, goeth astray. |
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Lying lips hide hatred: he that uttereth reproach, is foolish. |
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In the multitude of words there shall not want sin: but he that refraineth his lips, is most wise. |
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The tongue of the just is as choice silver: but the heart of the wicked is nothing worth. |
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The lips of the just teach many: but they that are ignorant, shall die in the want of understanding. |
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The blessing of the Lord maketh men rich: neither shall affliction be joined to them. |
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A fool worketh mischief as it were for sport: but wisdom is prudence to a man. |
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That which the wicked feareth, shall come upon him: to the just their desire shall be given. |
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As a tempest that passeth, so the wicked shall be no more: but the just is as an everlasting foundation. |
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As vinegar to the teeth, and smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that sent him. |
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The fear of the Lord shall prolong days: and the years of the wicked shall be shortened. |
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The expectation of the just is joy: but the hope of the wicked shall perish. |
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The strength of the upright is the way of the Lord: and fear to them that work evil. |
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The just shall never be moved: but the wicked shall not dwell on the earth. |
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The mouth of the just shall bring forth wisdom: the tongue of the perverse shall perish. |
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The lips of the just consider what is acceptable: and the mouth of the wicked uttereth perverse things. |
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