Provérbios 14

¹ Every wise womanThat is, takes pains to profit her family, and to do that which concerns her duty in her house.buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.

² He that walketh in hisThat is, in uprightness of heart, and without hypocrisy.uprightness feareth the LORD: but [he that is] perverse in his ways despiseth him.

³ In the mouth of the foolish [is] aHis proud tongue will cause him to be punished.rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.

⁴ Where noBy the ox is meant labour, and by the crib the barn, meaning, without labour there is no profit.oxen [are], the crib [is] clean: but much increase [is] by the strength of the ox.

⁵ A faithful witness will not lie: butFor the maintenance of his own ambition, and not for God's glory, as Simon Magus.a false witness will utter lies.

⁶ A scorner seeketh wisdome, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easie to him that will vnderstande.

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

⁸ The wisdome of ye prudent is to vnderstand his way: but the foolishnes of the fooles is deceite.

⁹ Fools make a mock atDoes not know the grievousness of it, nor God's judgments against the same.sin: but among the righteous [there is] favour.

¹⁰ The heart knoweth its ownAs a man's conscience is witness to his own grief, so another cannot feel the joy and comfort which a man feels in himself.bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with its joy.

¹¹ The house of the wicked shalbe destroyed: but the tabernacle of the righteous shall florish.

¹² There is a way that seemeth right to a man: but the issues thereof are the wayes of death.

¹³ Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful;He shows the allurement to sin, that it seems sweet, but the end of it is destruction.and the end of that mirth [is] heaviness.

¹⁴ The backslider in heartHe who forsakes God will be punished, and made weary of his sins, in which he delighted.shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man [shall be satisfied] from himself.

¹⁵ The foolish will beleeue euery thing: but the prudent will consider his steppes.

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

¹⁷ He that is hastie to anger, committeth follie, and a busie body is hated.

¹⁸ The foolish do inherite follie: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

¹⁹ The evil bow before the good; and the wickedIf this come not daily to pass, we must consider that it is because of our sins, which hinder God's workings.at the gates of the righteous.

²⁰ The poore is hated euen of his own neighbour: but the friendes of the rich are many.

²¹ The sinner despiseth his neighbour: but he that hath mercie on the poore, is blessed.

²² Doe not they erre that imagine euill? but to them that thinke on good things, shalbe mercie and trueth.

²³ In all labour there is abundance: but the talke of the lippes bringeth onely want.

²⁴ The crowne of the wise is their riches, and the follie of fooles is foolishnes.

²⁵ A faithfull witnes deliuereth soules: but a deceiuer speaketh lyes.

²⁶ In the feare of the Lorde is an assured strength, and his children shall haue hope.

²⁷ The feare of the Lorde is as a welspring of life, to auoyde the snares of death.

²⁸ In the multitude ofThat is, the strength of a king stands in many people.people [is] the king's honour: but in the lack of people [is] the destruction of the prince.

²⁹ He that is slowe to wrath, is of great wisdome: but he that is of an hastie minde, exalteth follie.

³⁰ A sounde heart is the life of the flesh: but enuie is the rotting of the bones.

³¹ He that oppresseth the poore, reprooueth him that made him: but hee honoureth him, that hath mercie on the poore.

³² The wicked shall be cast away for his malice: but the righteous hath hope in his death.

³³ Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but [that which is]Forasmuch as they are convicted by it, and silenced.in the midst of fools is made known.

³⁴ Iustice exalteth a nation, but sinne is a shame to the people.

³⁵ The pleasure of a King is in a wise seruant: but his wrath shalbe toward him that is lewde.