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Prouerbs 14

¹Euery wise woman buildeth her house; but the foolish plucketh it downe with her hands.

²He that walketh in his vprightnesse, feareth the Lord: but he that is peruerse in his wayes, despiseth him.

³In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lippes of the wise shall preserue them.

⁴Where no Oxen are, the crib is cleane: but much increase is by the strength of the Oxe.

⁵A faithfull witnesse will not lye: but a false witnesse will vtter lyes.

⁶A scorner seeketh wisedome, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easie vnto him that vnderstandeth.

⁷Goe from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceiuest not in him the lippes of knowledge.

⁸The wisedome of the prudent is to vnderstand his way: but the folly of fooles is deceit.

⁹Fooles make a mocke at sinne: but among the righteous there is fauour.

¹⁰The heart knoweth his owne bitternesse; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his ioy.

¹¹The house of the wicked shall bee ouerthrowen: but the tabernacle of the vpright shall flourish.

¹²There is a way which seemeth right vnto a man: but the end thereof are the wayes of death.

¹³Euen in laughter the heart is sorrowfull; and the end of that mirth is heauinesse.

¹⁴The backslider in heart shall be filled with his owne wayes: and a good man shall be satisfied from himselfe.

¹⁵The simple beleeueth euery word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going.

¹⁶A wise man feareth, and departeth from euill: but the foole rageth, and is confident.

¹⁷Hee that is soone angry, dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked deuices is hated.

¹⁸The simple inherite folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

¹⁹The euill bowe before the good: and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

²⁰The poore is hated euen of his owne neighbour: but the rich hath many friends.

²¹He that despiseth his neighbour, sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poore, happy is he.

²²Doe they not erre that deuise euil? But mercy and trueth shall be to them that deuise good.

²³In all labour there is profit: but the talke of the lippes tendeth onely to penury.

²⁴The crowne of the wise is their riches: but the foolishnesse of fooles is folly.

²⁵A true witnesse deliuereth soules: but a deceitfull witnesse speaketh lyes.

²⁶In the feare of the Lord is strong confidence: and his children shall haue a place of refuge.

²⁷The feare of the Lord, is a fountaine of life, to depart from the snares of death.

²⁸In the multitude of people is the kings honour: but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.

²⁹Hee that is slow to wrath, is of great vnderstanding: but hee that is hasty of spirit, exalteth folly.

³⁰A sound heart, is the life of the flesh: but enuie, the rottennesse of the bones.

³¹Hee that oppresseth the poore, reprocheth his Maker: but hee that honoureth him, hath mercy on the poore.

³²The wicked is driuen away in his wickednes: but the righteous hath hope in his death.

³³Wisedome resteth in the heart of him that hath vnderstanding: but that which is in the midst of fooles, is made knowen.

³⁴Righteousnes exalteth a nation: but sinne is a reproch to any people.

³⁵The Kings fauour is toward a wise seruant: but his wrath, is against him that causeth shame.