Proverbs 14

¹The wisdom of women buildeth their house; but folly plucketh it down with her hands.

²He that walketh in his uprightness feareth Jehovah; but he that is perverted in his ways despiseth him.

³In the fool's mouth is a rod of pride; but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.

⁴Where no oxen are, the crib is clean; but much increase is by the strength of the ox.

⁵A faithful witness will not lie; but a false witness uttereth lies.

⁶A scorner seeketh wisdom, and there is none [for him]; but knowledge is easy unto the intelligent.

⁷Go from the presence of a foolish man, in whom thou perceivest not the lips of knowledge.

⁸The wisdom of the prudent is to discern his way; but the folly of the foolish is deceit.

⁹Fools make a mock at trespass; but for the upright there is favour.

¹⁰The heart knoweth its own bitterness, and a stranger doth not intermeddle with its joy.

¹¹The house of the wicked shall be overthrown; but the tent of the upright shall flourish.

¹²There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof is the ways of death.

¹³Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful, and the end of mirth is sadness.

¹⁴The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways, and the good man from what is in himself.