Proverbs 14

¹A wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish destroyeth it with her owne handes.

²He that walketh in his righteousnes, feareth the Lord: but he that is lewde in his wayes, despiseth him.

³In the mouth of the foolish is the rod of pride: but the lippes of the wise preserue them.

⁴Where none oxen are, there the cribbe is emptie: but much increase cometh by the strength of the oxe.

⁵A faithfull witnes will not lye: but a false record will speake lyes.

⁶A scorner seeketh wisdome, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easie to him that will vnderstande.

⁷Depart from the foolish man, when thou perceiuest not in him the lippes of knowledge.

⁸The wisdome of ye prudent is to vnderstand his way: but the foolishnes of the fooles is deceite.

⁹The foole maketh a mocke of sinne: but among the righteous there is fauour.

¹⁰The heart knoweth the bitternes of his soule, and the stranger shall not medle with his ioy.

¹¹The house of the wicked shalbe destroyed: but the tabernacle of the righteous shall florish.

¹²There is a way that seemeth right to a man: but the issues thereof are the wayes of death.

¹³Euen in laughing the heart is sorowful, and the ende of that mirth is heauinesse.

¹⁴The heart that declineth, shall be saciate with his owne wayes: but a good man shall depart from him.