Proverbs 12:1–10

Whoso loveth correction loveth knowledge;

But he that hateth reproof is brutish.

2A good man shall obtain favor of Jehovah;

But a man of wicked devices will he condemn.

3A man shall not be established by wickedness;

But the root of the righteous shall not be moved.

4A worthy woman is the crown of her husband;

But she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

5The thoughts of the righteous are just;

But the counsels of the wicked are deceit.

6The words of the wicked are of lying in wait for blood;

But the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

7The wicked are overthrown, and are not;

But the house of the righteous shall stand.

8A man shall be commended according to his wisdom;

But he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.

9Better is he that is lightly esteemed, and hath a servant,

Than he that honoreth himself, and lacketh bread.

10A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast;

But the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.