Proverbs 14

¹Every wise woman has built her house, And the foolish breaks it down with her hands.

²Whoever is walking in his uprightness is fearing YHWH, And the perverted is despising Him in his ways.

³A rod of pride is in the mouth of a fool, And the lips of the wise preserve them.

⁴Without oxen a stall is clean, And great is the increase by the power of the ox.

⁵A faithful witness does not lie, And a false witness breathes out lies.

⁶A scorner has sought wisdom, and it is not, And knowledge is easy to the intelligent.

⁷Go from before a foolish man, Or you have not known the lips of knowledge.

⁸The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way, And the folly of fools is deceit.

⁹Fools mock at a guilt-offering, And among the upright—a pleasing thing.

¹⁰The heart knows its own bitterness, And a stranger does not interfere with its joy.

¹¹The house of the wicked is destroyed, And the tent of the upright flourishes.

¹²There is a way—right before a man, And its latter end are ways of death.

¹³Even in laughter is the heart pained, And the latter end of joy is affliction.

¹⁴The backslider in heart is filled from his ways, And a good man—from his fruits.

¹⁵The simple gives credence to everything, And the prudent attends to his step.

¹⁶The wise is fearing and turning from evil, And a fool is transgressing and is confident.

¹⁷Whoever is short of temper does folly, And a man of wicked schemes is hated.

¹⁸The simple have inherited folly, And the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

¹⁹The evil have bowed down before the good, And the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

²⁰The poor is hated even of his neighbor, And those loving the rich are many.

²¹Whoever is despising his neighbor sins, Whoever is favoring the humble, O his blessedness.

²²Do they who are devising evil not err? And kindness and truth are to those devising good,

²³In all labor there is advantage, And a thing of the lips is only to want.

²⁴The crown of the wise is their wealth, The folly of fools is folly.

²⁵A true witness is delivering souls, And a deceitful one breathes out lies.

²⁶Strong confidence is in the fear of YHWH, And there is a refuge to His sons.

²⁷The fear of YHWH is a fountain of life, To turn aside from snares of death.

²⁸The honor of a king is in the multitude of a people, And the ruin of a prince in lack of people.

²⁹Whoever is slow to anger is of great understanding, And whoever is short in temper is exalting folly.

³⁰A healed heart is life to the flesh, And rottenness to the bones is envy.

³¹An oppressor of the poor reproaches his Maker, And whoever is honoring Him Is favoring the needy.

³²The wicked is driven away in his wickedness, And the righteous is trustful in his death.

³³Wisdom rests in the heart of the intelligent. And it is known in the midst of fools.

³⁴Righteousness exalts a nation, And the righteousness of peoples is a sin-offering.

³⁵The favor of a king is to a wise servant, And one causing shame is an object of his wrath!

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