Proverbs 10:1-22

¹The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father; But a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.

²Treasures of wickedness profit nothing; But righteousness delivereth from death.

³Jehovah will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish; But he thrusteth away the desire of the wicked.

⁴He becometh poor that worketh with a slack hand; But the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

⁵He that gathereth in summer is a wise son; [But] he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.

⁶Blessings are upon the head of the righteous; But violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

⁷The memory of the righteous is blessed; But the name of the wicked shall rot.

⁸The wise in heart will receive commandments; But a prating fool shall fall.

⁹He that walketh uprightly walketh surely; But he that perverteth his ways shall be known.

¹⁰He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow; But a prating fool shall fall.

¹¹The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life; But violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

¹²Hatred stirreth up strifes; But love covereth all transgressions.

¹³In the lips of him that hath discernment wisdom is found; But a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.

¹⁴Wise men lay up knowledge; But the mouth of the foolish is a present destruction.

¹⁵The rich man`s wealth is his strong city: The destruction of the poor is their poverty.

¹⁶The labor of the righteous [tendeth] to life; The increase of the wicked, to sin.

¹⁷He is in the way of life that heedeth correction; But he that forsaketh reproof erreth.

¹⁸He that hideth hatred is of lying lips; And he that uttereth a slander is a fool.

¹⁹In the multitude of words there wanteth not transgression; But he that refraineth his lips doeth wisely.

²⁰The tongue of the righteous is [as] choice silver: The heart of the wicked is little worth.

²¹The lips of the righteous feed many; But the foolish die for lack of understanding.

²²The blessing of Jehovah, it maketh rich; And he addeth no sorrow therewith.