{"collection":"Bible & Christianity","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bib/kjv/pro012.htm","path":"bib/kjv/pro012.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/bib/kjv/pro012.htm","text":"1\u00a0Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.\n \n2\u00a0A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.\n \n3\u00a0A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.\n \n4\u00a0A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.\n \n5\u00a0The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.\n \n6\u00a0The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.\n \n7\u00a0The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.\n \n8\u00a0A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.\n \n9\u00a0He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.\n \n10\u00a0A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.\n \n11\u00a0He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.\n \n12\u00a0The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.\n \n13\u00a0The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.\n \n14\u00a0A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth: and the recompence of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him.\n \n15\u00a0The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.\n \n16\u00a0A fool's wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth shame.\n \n17\u00a0He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.\n \n18\u00a0There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.\n \n19\u00a0The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.\n \n20\u00a0Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy.\n \n21\u00a0There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.\n \n22\u00a0Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight.\n \n23\u00a0A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.\n \n24\u00a0The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.\n \n25\u00a0Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.\n \n26\u00a0The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.\n \n27\u00a0The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious.\n \n28\u00a0In the way of righteousness is life: and in the pathway thereof there is no death.","title":"King James Version: Proverbs: Proverbs Chapter 12","type":"page"}