Provérbios 14

¹ Every wise woman builds her house, but the foolish plucks it down with her hands.

² He that walks in his uprightness fears the LORD, but [he that is] perverse in his ways despises him.

³ In the mouth of the foolish [is] a rod of pride, but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.

⁴ Without oxen, the storehouse [is] clean, but by the strength of the ox there is abundance of bread.

⁵ The true witness will not lie, but the false witness will utter lies.

⁶ The scorner sought wisdom and [found it] not, but wisdom [comes] easy unto him that understands.

⁷ Go from the presence of the foolish man when thou dost not perceive [in him] the lips of knowledge.

⁸ The wisdom of the sane [is] to understand his way, but the folly of fools [is] deceit.

⁹ Fools speak sin unto themselves, but among the righteous [there is] love.

¹⁰ The heart knows the bitterness of his soul, and a stranger shall not intermeddle with his joy.

¹¹ The house of the wicked shall be made desolate, but the tent of the upright shall flourish.

¹² There is a way which seems right unto a man, but the end thereof [are] the ways of death.

¹³ Even in laughter, [the scorner] has pain in his heart, and the end of that mirth [is] heaviness.

¹⁴ The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways, and the good man [shall be separated] from him.

¹⁵ The simple believes every word, but the prudent [man] understands his steps.

¹⁶ The wise [man] fears and departs from evil, but the fool rages and is confident.

¹⁷ [He that is] soon angry shall deal foolishly, and the man of wicked devices shall be hated.

¹⁸ The simple shall inherit folly, but the prudent shall be crowned with wisdom.

¹⁹ Those [who are] evil shall bow before those [who are] good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

²⁰ The poor is hated even of his own neighbour, but many are those who love the rich.

²¹ The sinner despises his neighbour, but he that has mercy on the poor is blessed.

²² Do they not err that meditate upon evil? but those that meditate upon good shall attain mercy and truth.

²³ In all labour there is fruit, but to talk and not do, brings poverty.

²⁴ The crown of the wise [is] their wisdom, [but] that which distinguishes fools [is their] folly.

²⁵ The true witness delivers souls, but the deceitful [one] speaks lies.

²⁶ In the fear of the LORD [is] strong confidence, and [there] his sons shall have hope.

²⁷ The fear of the LORD [is a] fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

²⁸ In the multitude of the people [is] the king's glory, but in the failure of the people [is] the weakness of the prince.

²⁹ He [that is] slow to wrath [is] of great intelligence, but [he that is] short of spirit exalts folly.

³⁰ A sound heart [is] life to the flesh, but envy [is] rottenness of the bones.

³¹ He that oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker, but he that has mercy on the poor, honours him.

³² For his wickedness shall the wicked be cast out, but the righteous in his death has hope.

³³ Wisdom shall rest in the heart of him that is sane and is made known in the midst of the fools.

³⁴ Righteousness exalts a people, but sin [is] a reproach to the nations.

³⁵ The king's favour [is] toward the wise servant, but his wrath is [against] him that causes shame.: