Proverbs Chapter 10
| 1 | The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother. | 2 | Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death. | 3 | The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked. | 4 | He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich. | 5 | He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame. | 6 | Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked. | 7 | The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot. | 8 | The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall. | 9 | He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known. | 10 | He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall. | 11 | The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked. | 12 | Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins. | 13 | In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding. | 14 | Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction. | 15 | The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty. | 16 | The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin. | 17 | He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth. | 18 | He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool. | 19 | In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise. | 20 | The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth. | 21 | The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom. | 22 | The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it. | 23 | It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom. | 24 | The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted. | 25 | As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation. | 26 | As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him. | 27 | The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened. | 28 | The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish. | 29 | The way of the LORD is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity. | 30 | The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth. | 31 | The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out. | 32 | The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness. |