Proverbs 12

¹He that loveth discipline, loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reprehensions is unwise.

²He that is good, shall draw grace from our Lord: but he that trusteth in his own cogitations, doth impiously.

³Man shall not be strengthened by impiety: and the root of the just shall not be moved.

⁴A diligent woman is a crown to her husband: and putrefaction in his bones, she that doth things worthy of confusion.

⁵The cogitations of the just are judgments: & the counsels of the impious are fraudulent.

⁶The words of the impious lie in wait for blood: the mouth of the just shall deliver them.

⁷Turn the impious, and they shall not be: but the house of the just shall be permanent.

⁸Aman shall be known by his doctrine: but he that is vain and foolish, shall lie open to contempt.

⁹Better is the poor and sufficient to himself, than he that is glorious and wanteth bread.

¹⁰The just knoweth the lives of his beasts: but the bowels of the impious are cruel.

¹¹He that tilleth his land, shall be filled with breads: but he that pursueth idleness is a very fool. He that is delighted in much quaffing of wine, leaveth contumely in his munitions.

¹²The desire of the impious is the muniment of the most wicked: but the root of the just shall prosper.

¹³For the sins of the lips' ruin approacheth to the evil man: but the just escapeth out of distress.

¹⁴Of the fruit of his own mouth shall every man be replenished with good things, and according to the works of his hands it shall be repayed him.

¹⁵The way of a fool is right in his eyes: but he that is wise heareth counsels.

¹⁶A fool by & by sheweth his anger: but he that dissembleth injuries is wise.

¹⁷He that speaketh that which he knoweth, is an utterer of justice: but he that lieth, is a fraudulent witness.

¹⁸There is that promiseth, and is pricked as it were with the sword of conscience: but the tongue of the wise is health.

¹⁹The lip of truth shall be stable for ever: but he that is an hasty witness, frameth a tongue of lying.

²⁰Guile is in the heart of them that think evil things: but joy followeth them that give counsels of peace.

²¹It shall not make the just sorry what soever shall fall to him: but the impious shall be replenished with evil.

²²Lying lips are an abomination to our Lord: but they that do faithfully please him.

²³A circumspect man concealeth knowledge: and the heart of the unwise provoketh folly.

²⁴The hand of the strong shall rule, but that which is slothful, shall serve under tributes.

²⁵Pensiveness in the heart of a man shall humble him, & with a good word he shall be made glad.

²⁶He that neglecteth damage for a friend, is just: but the way of the impious shall deceive them.

²⁷The fraudulent man shall not find gain: and the substance of a man shall be the price of gold.

²⁸In the path of justice, life: but the by-way leadeth to death.