Proverbs 12

¹Whoso loveth correction loveth knowledge;

But he that hateth reproof is brutish.

²A good man shall obtain favor of Jehovah;

But a man of wicked devices will he condemn.

³A man shall not be established by wickedness;

But the root of the righteous shall not be moved.

⁴A worthy woman is the crown of her husband;

But she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

⁵The thoughts of the righteous are just;

But the counsels of the wicked are deceit.

⁶The words of the wicked are of lying in wait for blood;

But the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

⁷The wicked are overthrown, and are not;

But the house of the righteous shall stand.

⁸A man shall be commended according to his wisdom;

But he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.

⁹Better is he that is lightly esteemed, and hath a servant,

Than he that honoreth himself, and lacketh bread.

¹⁰A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast;

But the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.

¹¹He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread;

But he that followeth after vain persons is void of understanding.

¹²The wicked desireth the net of evil men;

But the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.

¹³In the transgression of the lips is a snare to the evil man;

But the righteous shall come out of trouble.

¹⁴A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth;

And the doings of a man’s hands shall be rendered unto him.

¹⁵The way of a fool is right in his own eyes;

But he that is wise hearkeneth unto counsel.

¹⁶A fool’s vexation is presently known;

But a prudent man concealeth shame.

¹⁷He that uttereth truth showeth forth righteousness;

But a false witness, deceit.

¹⁸There is that speaketh rashly like the piercings of a sword;

But the tongue of the wise is health.

¹⁹The lip of truth shall be established for ever;

But a lying tongue is but for a moment.

²⁰Deceit is in the heart of them that devise evil;

But to the counsellors of peace is joy.

²¹There shall no mischief happen to the righteous;

But the wicked shall be filled with evil.

²²Lying lips are an abomination to Jehovah;

But they that deal truly are his delight.

²³A prudent man concealeth knowledge;

But the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.

²⁴The hand of the diligent shall bear rule;

But the slothful shall be put under taskwork.

²⁵Heaviness in the heart of a man maketh it stoop;

But a good word maketh it glad.

²⁶The righteous is a guide to his neighbor;

But the way of the wicked causeth them to err.

²⁷The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting;

But the precious substance of men is to the diligent.

²⁸In the way of righteousness is life;

And in the pathway thereof there is no death.