PR-10:1  The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad

father: but a

foolish son [is] the heaviness of his mother.

PR-10:2  Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but

righteousness delivereth

from death.

PR-10:3  The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to

famish: but he

casteth away the substance of the wicked.

PR-10:4  He becometh poor that dealeth [with] a slack hand: but

the hand of

the diligent maketh rich.

PR-10:5  He that gathereth in summer [is] a wise son: [but] he

that sleepeth

in harvest [is] a son that causeth shame.

PR-10:6  Blessings [are] upon the head of the just: but violence

covereth the

mouth of the wicked.

PR-10:7  The memory of the just [is] blessed: but the name of

the wicked shall

rot.

PR-10:8  The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a

prating fool shall

fall.

PR-10:9  He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that

perverteth his

ways shall be known.

PR-10:10  He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a

prating fool

shall fall.

PR-10:11  The mouth of a righteous [man is] a well of life: but

violence

covereth the mouth of the wicked.

PR-10:12  Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.

PR-10:13  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.

PR-10:14  Wise [men] lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the

foolish [is] near

destruction.

PR-10:15  The rich man's wealth [is] his strong city: the

destruction of the

poor [is] their poverty.

PR-10:16  The labour of the righteous [tendeth] to life: the

fruit of the

wicked to sin.

PR-10:17  He [is in] the way of life that keepeth instruction:

but he that

refuseth reproof erreth.

PR-10:18  He that hideth hatred [with] lying lips, and he that

uttereth a

slander, [is] a fool.

PR-10:19  In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but

he that

refraineth his lips [is] wise.

PR-10:20  The tongue of the just [is as] choice silver: the

heart of the

wicked [is] little worth.

PR-10:21  The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for

want of

wisdom.

PR-10:22  The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he

addeth no sorrow

with it.

PR-10:23  [It is] as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of

understanding hath wisdom.

PR-10:24  The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but

the desire of

the righteous shall be granted.

PR-10:25  As the whirlwind passeth, so [is] the wicked no [more]:

 but the

righteous [is] an everlasting foundation.

PR-10:26  As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so

[is] the

sluggard to them that send him.

PR-10:27  The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of

the wicked

shall be shortened.

PR-10:28  The hope of the righteous [shall be] gladness: but the

expectation

of the wicked shall perish.

PR-10:29  The way of the LORD [is] strength to the upright: but

destruction

[shall be] to the workers of iniquity.

PR-10:30  The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked

shall not

inhabit the earth.

PR-10:31  The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the

froward tongue

shall be cut out.

PR-10:32  The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but

the mouth of

the wicked [speaketh] frowardness.

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