Every wise woman builds her house:
14:1
Every wise woman builds her house:
but the foolish
tears it down with her hands.
14:2 He that walks in his uprightness fears ADONAI (יהוה):
but [he that is] perverse in his ways despise him.
14:3 In the mouth of the foolish [is] a rod of pride:
but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
14:4 Where no oxen [are], the crib [is] clean:
but much increase [is] by the strength of the ox.
14:5 A faithful witness will not lie:
but a false witness will utter lies.
14:6 A scorner seeks chokmah (wisdom), and [finds it] not: but knowledge [is] easy unto him that understands.
14:7 Go from the presence of a foolish man, when you perceives not [in him] the lips of knowledge.
14:8 The chokmah (wisdom) of the prudent [is] to understand his way:
but the folly of fools [is] deceit.
14:9 Fools make a mock at sin:
but among the righteous [there is] favour.
14:10 The heart knows his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.
14:11 The house of the wicked shall be overthrown:
but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.
14:12 There is a way which seems right unto a man,
but the end thereof [are] the ways of death.
14:13 Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth [is] heaviness.
14:14 The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man [shall be satisfied] from himself.
14:15 The simple believes every word:
but the prudent [man] looks well to his going.
14:16 A wise [man] fears, and departs from evil:
but the fool rageth, and is confident.
14:17 [He that is] soon angry deals foolishly:
and a man of wicked devices is hated.
14:18 The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
14:19 The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
14:20 The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich [has] many friends.
14:21 He that despises his neighbour sins:
but he that has mercy on the poor, happy [is] he.
14:22 Do they not err that devise evil?
but mercy and truth [shall be] to them that devise good.
14:23 In all labour there is profit:
but the talk of the lips [tends] only to penury.
14:24 The crown of the wise [is] their riches:
[but] the foolishness of fools [is] folly.
14:25 A true witness delivers souls:
but a deceitful [witness] speaks lies.
14:26 In the fear of ADONAI (יהוה) [is] strong confidence:
and his children shall have a place of refuge.
14:27 The fear of ADONAI (יהוה) [is] a fountain of life,
to depart from the snares of death.
14:28 In the multitude of people [is] the king's honour:
but in the want of people [is] the destruction of the prince.
14:29 [He that is] slow to wrath [is] of great understanding:
but [he that is] hasty of spirit exalts folly.
14:30 A sound heart [is] the life of the flesh:
but envy the rottenness of the bones.
14:31 He that oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker:
but he that honours him has mercy on the poor.
14:32 The wicked is driven away in his wickedness:
but the righteous has hope in his death.
14:33 Chokmah (wisdom) rests in the heart of him that has understanding:
but [that which is] in the midst of fools is made known.
14:34 Righteousness exalts a nation:
but sin [is] a reproach to any people.
14:35 The king's favour [is] toward a wise servant: but his wrath is [against] him that causes shame.