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  14:1 ¶
Wise women build houses: but a foolish one digs [hers] down with her hands. |
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14:1 ¶
Every wiseº
womanº
buildethºº
her house:º
but the foolishº
plucketh it downºº
with her hands.º |
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14:2
He that walks uprightly fears the Lord; but he that is perverse in his ways shall be dishonoured. |
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14:2
He that walkethºº
in his uprightnessº
fearethºº
Yahweh:º
but [he that is] perverseºº
in his waysº
despisethºº
him. |
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14:3
Out of the mouth of fools [comes] a rod of pride; but the lips of the wise preserve them. |
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14:3
In the mouthº
of the foolishº
[is] a rodº
of pride:º
but the lipsº
of the wiseº
shall preserveºº
them. |
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14:4
Where no oxen are, the cribs are clean; but where there is abundant produce, the strength of the ox is apparent. |
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14:4
Where noº
oxenº
[are], the cribº
[is] clean:º
but muchº
increaseº
[is] by the strengthº
of the ox.º |
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14:5
A faithful witness does not lie; but an unjust witness kindles falsehoods. |
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14:5
A faithfulº
witnessº
will notº
lie:ºº
but a falseº
witnessº
will utterºº
lies.ººº |
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14:6
Thou shalt seek wisdom with bad men, and shalt not find it; but discretion is easily available with the prudent. |
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14:6
A scornerºº
seekethºº
wisdom,º
and [findeth it] not:º
but knowledgeº
[is] easyºº
unto him that understandeth.ºº |
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14:7
All things are adverse to a foolish man; but wise lips are the weapons of discretion. |
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14:7
Goººº
from the presenceºº
of a foolishº
man,º
when thou perceivestºº
notº
[in him] the lipsº
of knowledge.º |
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14:8
The wisdom of the prudent will understand their ways; but the folly of fools leads astray. |
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14:8
The wisdomº
of the prudentº
[is] to understandºº
his way:º
but the follyº
of foolsº
[is] deceit.º |
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14:9
The houses of transgressors will need purification; but the houses of the just are acceptable. |
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14:9
Foolsº
make a mockºº
at sin:º
but amongº
the righteousº
[there is] favour.º |
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14:10
[If] a man's mind is intelligent, his soul is sorrowful; and when he rejoices, he has no fellowship with pride. |
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14:10
The heartº
knowethºº
his ownº
bitterness;º
and a strangerºº
doth notº
intermeddleºº
with his joy.º |
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14:11
The houses of ungodly men shall be utterly destroyed; but the tabernacles of them that walk uprightly shall stand. |
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14:11
The houseº
of the wickedº
shall be overthrown:ºº
but the tabernacleº
of the uprightº
shall flourish.ºº |
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14:12
There is a way which seems to be right with men, but the ends of it reach to the depths of hell. |
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14:12
There isº
a wayº
which seemeth rightº
untoº
a man,º
but the endº
thereof [are] the waysº
of death.º |
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14:13
Grief mingles not with mirth; and joy in the end comes to grief. |
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14:13
Evenº
in laughterº
the heartº
is sorrowful;ºº
and the endº
of that mirthº
[is] heaviness.º |
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14:14
A stout-hearted [man] shall be filled with his own ways; and a good man with his own thoughts. |
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14:14
The backsliderºº
in heartº
shall be filledºº
with his own ways:ºº
and a goodº
manº
[shall be satisfied] fromºº
himself. |
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14:15
The simple believes every word: but the prudent man betakes himself to after-thought. |
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14:15
The simpleº
believethºº
everyº
word:º
but the prudentº
[man] looketh wellºº
to his going.º |
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14:16
A wise man fears, and departs from evil; but the fool trusts in himself, and joins himself with the transgressor. |
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14:16
A wiseº
[man] feareth,º
and departethºº
from evil:ºº
but the foolº
rageth,ºº
and is confident.ºº |
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14:17
A passionate man acts inconsiderately; but a sensible man bears up under many things. |
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14:17
[He that is] soonº
angryº
dealethºº
foolishly:º
and a manº
of wicked devicesº
is hated.ºº |
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14:18
Fools shall have mischief for their portion; but the prudent shall take fast hold of understanding. |
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14:18
The simpleº
inheritºº
folly:º
but the prudentº
are crownedºº
with knowledge.º |
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14:19
Evil men shall fall before the good; and the ungodly shall attend at the gates of the righteous. |
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14:19
The evilº
bowºº
beforeº
the good;º
and the wickedº
atº
the gatesº
of the righteous.º |
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14:20
Friends will hate poor friends; but the friends of the rich are many. |
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14:20
The poorºº
is hatedºº
evenº
of his own neighbour:º
but the richº
[hath] manyº
friends.ºº |
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14:21
He that dishonours the needy sins: but he that has pity on the poor is most blessed. |
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14:21
He that despisethºº
his neighbourº
sinneth:ºº
but he that hath mercyºº
onº
the poor,ººº
happyº
[is] he. |
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14:22
They that go astray devise evils: but the good devise mercy and truth. The framers of evil do not understand mercy and truth: but compassion and faithfulness are with the framers of good. |
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14:22
Do they notº
errºº
that deviseºº
evil?º
but mercyº
and truthº
[shall be] to them that deviseºº
good.º |
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14:23
With every one [who is] careful there is abundance: but the pleasure-taking and indolent shall be in want. |
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14:23
In allº
labourº
there isº
profit:º
but the talkº
of the lipsº
[tendeth] onlyº
to penury.º |
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14:24
A prudent man is the crown of the wise: but the occupation of fools is evil. |
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14:24
The crownº
of the wiseº
[is] their riches:º
[but] the foolishnessº
of foolsº
[is] folly.º |
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14:25
A faithful witness shall deliver a soul from evil: but a deceitful [man] kindles falsehoods. |
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14:25
A trueº
witnessº
deliverethºº
souls:º
but a deceitfulº
[witness] speakethºº
lies.º |
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14:26
In the fear of the Lord is strong confidence: and he leaves his children a support. |
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14:26
In the fearº
of Yahwehº
[is] strongº
confidence:º
and his childrenº
shall haveº
a place of refuge.º |
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14:27
The commandment of the Lord is a fountain of life; and it causes [men] to turn aside from the snare of death. |
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14:27
The fearº
of Yahwehº
[is] a fountainº
of life,º
to departºº
from the snaresºº
of death.º |
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14:28
In a populous nation is the glory of a king: but in the failure of people is the ruin of a prince. |
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14:28
In the multitudeº
of peopleº
[is] the king'sº
honour:º
but in the wantº
of peopleº
[is] the destructionº
of the prince.º |
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14:29
A man slow to wrath abounds in wisdom: but a man of impatient spirit is very foolish. |
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14:29
[He that is] slowº
to wrathº
[is] of greatº
understanding:º
but [he that is] hastyº
of spiritº
exaltethºº
folly.º |
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14:30
A meek-spirited man is a healer of the heart: but a sensitive heart is a corruption of the bones. |
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14:30
A soundº
heartº
[is] the lifeº
of the flesh:º
but envyº
the rottennessº
of the bones.º |
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14:31
He that oppresses the needy provokes his Maker: but he that honours him has pity upon the poor. |
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14:31
He that oppressethºº
the poorº
reproachethºº
his Maker:ºº
but he that honourethºº
him hath mercyºº
on the poor.º |
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14:32
The ungodly shall be driven away in his wickedness: but he who is secure in his own holiness is just. |
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14:32
The wickedº
is driven awayºº
in his wickedness:º
but the righteousº
hath hopeºº
in his death.º |
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14:33
There is wisdom in the good heart of a man: but in the heart of fools it is not discerned. |
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14:33
Wisdomº
restethºº
in the heartº
of him that hath understanding:ºº
but [that which is] in the midstº
of foolsº
is made known.ºº |
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14:34
Righteousness exalts a nation: but sins diminish tribes. |
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14:34
Righteousnessº
exaltethºº
a nation:º
but sinº
[is] a reproachº
to any people.º |
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14:35
An understanding servant is acceptable to a king; and by his good behaviour he removes disgrace. |
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14:35
The king'sº
favourº
[is] toward a wiseºº
servant:º
but his wrathº
isº
[against] him that causeth shame.ºº |
