Proverbs 10
Revised Geneva Translation
10 A wise son makes a glad father. But a foolish son is a heaviness to his mother.
2 The treasures of wickedness profit nothing. But righteousness delivers from death.
3 The LORD will not famish the soul of the righteous. But he casts away the substance of the wicked.
4 A slothful hand makes poor. But the hand of the diligent makes rich.
5 He who gathers in summer is the son of wisdom; he who sleeps in harvest, the son of confusion.
6 Blessings are upon the head of the righteous. But iniquity shall cover the mouth of the wicked.
7 The memorial of the just shall be blessed. But the name of the wicked shall rot.
8 The wise in heart will receive commandments. But the foolish talkers shall be beaten.
9 He who walks uprightly, walks boldly. But he who perverts his ways, shall be known.
10 He who winks with the eye, works sorrow. And he who is foolish in talk, shall be beaten.
11 The mouth of the righteous is a wellspring of life. But iniquity covers the mouth of the wicked.
12 Hatred stirs up contentions. But love covers all trespasses.
13 On the lips of him who has understanding, wisdom is found. And a rod shall be for the back of him who is destitute of wisdom.
14 The wise lay up knowledge. But the mouth of the fool is a present destruction.
15 The rich’s goods are their strong city; the fear of the needy, their poverty.
16 The labor of the righteous tends to life; the revenues of the wicked, to sin.
17 He who regards instruction is in the way of life. But he who refuses correction, goes out of the way.
18 He who conceals hatred with lying lips — and he who invents slander — is a fool.
19 There is no lack of sin in many words. But he who refrains his lips is wise:
20 The tongue of the just man is as refined silver. The heart of the wicked has little worth.
21 The lips of the righteous feed many. But fools shall die for lack of wisdom.
22 The blessing of the LORD, it makes rich. And no sorrows are added with it.
23 To do wickedly is a pastime to a fool. But wisdom is understanding to a man.
24 That which the wicked fears shall come upon him. But God will grant the desire of the righteous.
25 As the whirlwind passes, so is the wicked no more. But the righteous is as an everlasting foundation.
26 As vinegar is to the teeth — and as smoke to the eyes — so is the slothful to those who send him.
27 The fear of the LORD increases the days. But the years of the wicked shall be diminished.
28 The patient abiding of the righteous shall be gladness. But the hope of the wicked shall perish.
29 The way of the LORD is strength to the upright. But fear shall be for the workers of iniquity.
30 The righteous shall never be removed. But the wicked shall not dwell in the land.
31 The mouth of the just shall be fruitful in wisdom. But the tongue of the crooked shall be cut out.
32 The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable. But the mouth of the wicked speaks perverse things.
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