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Proverbs

1 A soft an­swer tur­neth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
2 The tongue of the wise useth knowl­edge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out fool­ish­ness.
3 The eyes of the LORD are in ev­ery place, be­hold­ing the evil and the good.
4 A whole­some tongue is a tree of life: but per­verse­ness there­in is a breach in the spir­it.
5 A fool de­spiseth his father's in­struc­tion: but he that re­gardeth re­proof is pru­dent.
6 In the house of the righ­teous is much trea­sure: but in the rev­enues of the wicked is trou­ble.
7 The lips of the wise dis­perse knowl­edge: but the heart of the fool­ish doeth not so.
8 The sac­ri­fice of the wicked is an abom­i­na­tion to the LORD: but the prayer of the up­right is his de­light.
9 The way of the wicked is an abom­i­na­tion unto the LORD: but he loveth him that fol­loweth af­ter righ­teous­ness.
10 Cor­rec­tion is grievous unto him that for­saketh the way: and he that hateth re­proof shall die.
11 Hell and de­struc­tion are be­fore the LORD: how much more then the hearts of the chil­dren of men?
12 A scorner loveth not one that re­proveth him: nei­ther will he go unto the wise.
13 A mer­ry heart maketh a cheer­ful coun­te­nance: but by sor­row of the heart the spir­it is bro­ken.
14 The heart of him that hath un­der­stand­ing seeketh knowl­edge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on fool­ish­ness.
15 All the days of the af­flict­ed are evil: but he that is of a mer­ry heart hath a con­tin­u­al feast.
16 Bet­ter is lit­tle with the fear of the LORD than great trea­sure and trou­ble there­with.
17 Bet­ter is a din­ner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and ha­tred there­with.
18 A wrath­ful man stir­reth up strife: but he that is slow to anger ap­peaseth strife.
19 The way of the sloth­ful ­man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righ­teous is made plain.
20 A wise son maketh a glad fa­ther: but a fool­ish man de­spiseth his moth­er.
21 Fol­ly is joy to him that is des­ti­tute of wis­dom: but a man of un­der­stand­ing walketh up­right­ly.
22 With­out coun­sel pur­pos­es are dis­ap­point­ed: but in the mul­ti­tude of coun­sel­lors they are es­tab­lished.
23 A man hath joy by the an­swer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due sea­son, how good is it!
24 The way of life is above to the wise, that he may de­part from hell be­neath.
25 The LORD will de­stroy the house of the proud: but he will es­tab­lish the bor­der of the wid­ow.
26 The thoughts of the wicked are an abom­i­na­tion to the LORD: but the words of the pure are pleas­ant words.
27 He that is greedy of gain trou­bleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.
28 The heart of the righ­teous studi­eth to an­swer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.
29 The LORD is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righ­teous.
30 The light of the eyes re­joiceth the heart: and a good re­port maketh the bones fat.
31 The ear that heareth the re­proof of life abideth among the wise.
32 He that re­fuseth in­struc­tion de­spiseth his own soul: but he that heareth re­proof get­teth un­der­stand­ing.
33 The fear of the LORD is the in­struc­tion of wis­dom; and be­fore hon­our is hu­mil­i­ty.