Old Testament · Poetry and wisdom
Proverbs chapter 14
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A woman her household, but a one tears it apart with her own hands.Someone who lives with honors , but someone whose ways are despises him.A talk is a that invites punishment on his own back, but wise people are protected by what they say.Where there are no , the feeding trough is empty -- but a strong ox brings an abundant .A trustworthy doesn’t lie, but a dishonest witness deception.A looks for wisdom and finds nothing, but knowledge comes easily to someone with .Stay away from a -- you won’t learn a thing from them.The wisdom of a person is understanding which way to go; the foolishness of fools is .Fools mock the idea of for their , but among upright people there is .The knows its own bitterness, and no outsider can fully share in its joy.The house of the will be demolished, but the tent of the will .There’s a that seems right to a person, but it ends in .Even in laughter the can ache, and joy can end in grief.The get what their ways deserve, and a good person is rewarded for theirs.A person believes anything, but a person watches where they’re going.A wise person is and avoids danger, but a fool charges ahead .A person does foolish things, and a is hated.The naive foolishness, but the shrewd are with knowledge.Evil people will before good people, and the wicked will be at the of the just.The are shunned even by their neighbors, but the rich have plenty of .Whoever their neighbor is , but whoever is kind to .Don’t those who go astray? But those who plan for good find and .All leads to , but mere talk leads only to poverty.The of the wise is their wealth, but the of fools is foolishness.A saves lives, but a liar deception.In the of there is , and his children will have a place of .The awe of Yahweh is a , turning people away from the .A large population is a king’s , but without people a ruler has nothing.Whoever is has great understanding, but a quick temper .A gives life to the body, but .Whoever the poor insults their , but whoever is kind to the honors him.The wicked are brought down by their own , but even in death the upright have a .Wisdom in the heart of someone who understands, but among fools it has to . lifts up a nation, but entire peoples.A king is pleased with a servant, but his anger falls on one who acts .