PR-12:1  Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that

hateth reproof

[is] brutish.

PR-12:2  A good [man] obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of

wicked

devices will he condemn.

PR-12:3  A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the

root of the

righteous shall not be moved.

PR-12:4  A virtuous woman [is] a crown to her husband: but she

that maketh

ashamed [is] as rottenness in his bones.

PR-12:5  The thoughts of the righteous [are] right: [but] the

counsels of the

wicked [are] deceit.

PR-12:6  The words of the wicked [are] to lie in wait for blood:

but the mouth

of the upright shall deliver them.

PR-12:7  The wicked are overthrown, and [are] not: but the house

of the

righteous shall stand.

PR-12:8  A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but

he that is of a

perverse heart shall be despised.

PR-12:9  [He that is] despised, and hath a servant, [is] better

than he that

honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.

PR-12:10  A righteous [man] regardeth the life of his beast: but

the tender

mercies of the wicked [are] cruel.

PR-12:11  He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread:

 but he that

followeth vain [persons is] void of understanding.

PR-12:12  The wicked desireth the net of evil [men]: but the

root of the

righteous yieldeth [fruit].

PR-12:13  The wicked is snared by the transgression of [his]

lips: but the

just shall come out of trouble.

PR-12:14  A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of

[his] mouth: and

the recompense of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him.

PR-12:15  The way of a fool [is] right in his own eyes: but he

that hearkeneth

unto counsel [is] wise.

PR-12:16  A fool's wrath is presently known: but a prudent [man]

covereth

shame.

PR-12:17  [He that] speaketh truth showeth forth righteousness:

but a false

witness deceit.

PR-12:18  There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword:

but the tongue

of the wise [is] health.

PR-12:19  The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a

lying tongue

[is] but for a moment.

PR-12:20  Deceit [is] in the heart of them that imagine evil:

but to the

counsellors of peace [is] joy.

PR-12:21  There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked

shall be

filled with mischief.

PR-12:22  Lying lips [are] abomination to the LORD: but they

that deal truly

[are] his delight.

PR-12:23  A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of

fools

proclaimeth foolishness.

PR-12:24  The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the

slothful shall be

under tribute.

PR-12:25  Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a

good word

maketh it glad.

PR-12:26  The righteous [is] more excellent than his neighbour:

but the way of

the wicked seduceth them.

PR-12:27  The slothful [man] roasteth not that which he took in

hunting: but

the substance of a diligent man [is] precious.

PR-12:28  In the way of righteousness [is] life; and [in] the

pathway [thereof

there is] no death.

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