| 1: The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father:
but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother. |
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| 2: Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness
delivereth from death. |
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| 3:
The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish:
but he casteth away the substance of the wicked. |
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| 4: He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand
of the diligent maketh rich. |
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| 5: He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that
sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame. |
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| 6: Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth
the mouth of the wicked. |
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| 7: The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked
shall rot. |
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| 8: The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating
fool shall fall. |
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| 9: He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that
perverteth his ways shall be known. |
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| 10: He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating
fool shall fall. |
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| 11: The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence
covereth the mouth of the wicked. |
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| 12: Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
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| 13: In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found:
but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding. |
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| 14: Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is
near destruction. |
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| 15: The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of
the poor is their poverty. |
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| 16: The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the
wicked to sin. |
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| 17: He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he
that refuseth reproof erreth. |
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| 18: He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a
slander, is a fool. |
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| 19: In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that
refraineth his lips is wise. |
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| 20: The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the
wicked is little worth. |
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| 21: The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want
of wisdom. |
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| 22: The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no
sorrow with it. |
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| 23: It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of
understanding hath wisdom. |
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| 24: The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the
desire of the righteous shall be granted. |
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| 25: As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the
righteous is an everlasting foundation. |
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| 26: As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the
sluggard to them that send him. |
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| 27: The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the
wicked shall be shortened. |
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| 28: The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the
expectation of the wicked shall perish. |
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| 29: The way of the LORD is strength to the upright: but
destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity. |
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| 30: The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall
not inhabit the earth. |
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| 31: The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward
tongue shall be cut out. |
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| 32: The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the
mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness. |
