| Chapter 14 |
1 | Every wise woman hath builded her house, And the foolish with her hands breaketh it down.
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2 | Whoso is walking in his uprightness is fearing Jehovah, And the perverted [in] his ways is despising Him.
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3 | In the mouth of a fool [is] a rod of pride, And the lips of the wise preserve them.
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4 | Without oxen a stall [is] clean, And great [is] the increase by the power of the ox.
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5 | A faithful witness lieth not, And a false witness breatheth out lies.
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6 | A scorner hath sought wisdom, and it is not, And knowledge to the intelligent [is] easy.
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7 | Go from before a foolish man, Or thou hast not known the lips of knowledge.
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8 | The wisdom of the prudent [is] to understand his way, And the folly of fools [is] deceit.
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9 | Fools mock at a guilt-offering, And among the upright -- a pleasing thing.
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10 | The heart knoweth its own bitterness, And with its joy a stranger doth not intermeddle.
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11 | The house of the wicked is destroyed, And the tent of the upright flourisheth.
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12 | There is a way -- right before a man, And its latter end [are] ways of death.
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13 | Even in laughter is the heart pained, And the latter end of joy [is] affliction.
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14 | From his ways is the backslider in heart filled, And a good man -- from his fruits.
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15 | The simple giveth credence to everything, And the prudent attendeth to his step.
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16 | The wise is fearing and turning from evil, And a fool is transgressing and is confident.
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17 | Whoso is short of temper doth folly, And a man of wicked devices is hated.
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18 | The simple have inherited folly, And the prudent are crowned [with] knowledge.
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19 | The evil have bowed down before the good, And the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
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20 | Even of his neighbour is the poor hated, And those loving the rich [are] many.
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21 | Whoso is despising his neighbour sinneth, Whoso is favouring the humble, O his happiness.
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22 | Do not they err who are devising evil? And kindness and truth [are] to those devising good,
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23 | In all labour there is advantage, And a thing of the lips [is] only to want.
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24 | The crown of the wise is their wealth, The folly of fools [is] folly.
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25 | A true witness is delivering souls, And a deceitful one breatheth out lies.
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26 | In the fear of Jehovah [is] strong confidence, And to His sons there is a refuge.
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27 | The fear of Jehovah [is] a fountain of life, To turn aside from snares of death.
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28 | In the multitude of a people [is] the honour of a king, And in lack of people the ruin of a prince.
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29 | Whoso is slow to anger [is] of great understanding, And whoso is short in temper is exalting folly.
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30 | A healed heart [is] life to the flesh, And rottenness to the bones [is] envy.
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31 | An oppressor of the poor reproacheth his Maker, And whoso is honouring Him Is favouring the needy.
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32 | In his wickedness is the wicked driven away, And trustful in his death [is] the righteous.
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33 | In the heart of the intelligent wisdom doth rest. And in the midst of fools it is known.
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34 | Righteousness exalteth a nation, And the goodliness of peoples [is] a sin-offering.
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35 | The favour of a king [is] to a wise servant, And an object of his wrath is one causing shame!
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