Proverbs Chapter 12
12:1 | Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof [is] brutish. |
12:2 | A good [man] obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn. |
12:3 | A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved. |
12:4 | A virtuous woman [is] a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed [is] as rottenness in his bones. |
12:5 | The thoughts of the righteous [are] right: [but] the counsels of the wicked [are] deceit. |
12:6 | The words of the wicked [are] to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them. |
12:7 | The wicked are overthrown, and [are] not: but the ![]() |
12:8 | A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised. |
12:9 | [He that is] despised, and hath a servant, [is] better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh ![]() |
12:10 | A righteous [man] regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked [are] cruel. |
12:11 | He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with ![]() |
12:12 | The wicked desireth the ![]() ![]() |
12:13 | The wicked is snared by the transgression of [his] lips: but the just shall come out of trouble. |
12:14 | A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of [his] mouth: and the recompense of a man' hands shall be rendered unto him. |
12:15 | The way of a fool [is] right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel [is] wise. |
12:16 | A fool' wrath is presently known: but a prudent [man] covereth shame. |
12:17 | [He that] speaketh ![]() |
12:18 | There is that speaketh like the piercings of a ![]() |
12:19 | The lip of ![]() |
12:20 | Deceit [is] in the heart of them that imagine ![]() |
12:21 | There shall no ![]() |
12:22 | Lying lips [are] abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly [are] his delight. |
12:23 | A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness. |
12:24 | The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute. |
12:25 | Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad. |
12:26 | The righteous [is] more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them. |
12:27 | The slothful [man] roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man [is] precious. |
12:28 | In the way of righteousness [is] life; and [in] the pathway [thereof there is] no ![]() |