{"collection":"Bible & Christianity","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bib/kjv/pro014.htm","path":"bib/kjv/pro014.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/bib/kjv/pro014.htm","text":"1\u00a0Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.\n \n2\u00a0He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the LORD: but he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him.\n \n3\u00a0In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.\n \n4\u00a0Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the strength of the ox.\n \n5\u00a0A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.\n \n6\u00a0A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.\n \n7\u00a0Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.\n \n8\u00a0The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.\n \n9\u00a0Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.\n \n10\u00a0The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.\n \n11\u00a0The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.\n \n12\u00a0There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.\n \n13\u00a0Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.\n \n14\u00a0The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.\n \n15\u00a0The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going.\n \n16\u00a0A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.\n \n17\u00a0He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.\n \n18\u00a0The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.\n \n19\u00a0The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.\n \n20\u00a0The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath many friends.\n \n21\u00a0He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he.\n \n22\u00a0Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.\n \n23\u00a0In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.\n \n24\u00a0The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.\n \n25\u00a0A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness speaketh lies.\n \n26\u00a0In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.\n \n27\u00a0The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.\n \n28\u00a0In the multitude of people is the king's honour: but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.\n \n29\u00a0He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.\n \n30\u00a0A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.\n \n31\u00a0He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.\n \n32\u00a0The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.\n \n33\u00a0Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made known.\n \n34\u00a0Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.\n \n35\u00a0The king's favour is toward a wise servant: but his wrath is against him that causeth shame.","title":"King James Version: Proverbs: Proverbs Chapter 14","type":"page"}