Proverbs 12:1–14

Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge:

But he that ahateth reproof is bbrutish.

2  A good man cobtaineth favour of the Lord:

But a man of wicked devices will he condemn.

3  A man shall not be established by wickedness:

But dthe root of the righteous eshall not be moved.

4  fA virtuous woman is a crown to her husband:

But she that gmaketh ashamed is as hrottenness in his bones.

5  The thoughts of the righteous are right:

But the icounsels of the wicked are deceit.

6  The words of the wicked are to klie in wait for blood:

But lthe mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

7  mThe wicked are noverthrown, and are not:

But mthe house of the righteous shall stand.

8  A man shall be commended nnaccording to his wisdom:

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

9  oHe that is despised, and hath a servant, is better

Than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.

10  pA righteous man regardeth the life of his beast:

But the ||tender mercies of the wicked are qcruel.

11  rHe that tilleth his land rrshall be satisfied with bread:

But she that followeth tvain persons is uvoid of understanding.

12  The wicked desireth ||the vnet of evil men:

But the root of the righteous wyieldeth fruit.

13  †xThe wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips:

But ythe just shall come out of trouble.

14  zA man shall be asatisfied with good by athe fruit of his mouth:

And the brecompence of a man’s hands shall be rendered unto him.