Proverbs 10
1 A wise son maketh the father glad: but a foolish son is the sorrow of his mother.
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
2 Treasures of wickedness shall profit nothing: but justice shall deliver from death.
Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivers from death.
3 The Lord will not afflict the soul of the just with famine, and he will disappoint the deceitful practices of the wicked.
The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casts away the substance of the wicked.
4 The slothful hand hath wrought poverty: but the hand of the industrious getteth riches. He that trusteth to lies feedeth the winds: and the same runneth after birds that fly away.
He becomes poor that deals with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent makes rich.
5 He that gathered in the harvest is a wise son: but he that snorteth in the summer, is the son of confusion.
He that gathers in summer is a wise son: but he that sleeps in harvest is a son that causes shame.
6 The blessing of the Lord is upon the head of the just: but iniquity covereth the mouth of the wicked.
Blessings are on the head of the just: but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.
7 The memory of the just is with praises: and the name of the wicked shall rot.
The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
8 The wise of heart receiveth precepts: a fool is beaten with lips.
The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.
9 He that walketh sincerely, walketh confidently: but he that perverteth his ways, shall be manifest.
He that walks uprightly walks surely: but he that perverts his ways shall be known.
10 He that winketh with the eye shall cause sorrow: and the foolish in lips shall be beaten.
He that winks with the eye causes sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.
11 The mouth of the just is a vein of life: and the mouth of the wicked covereth iniquity.
The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.
12 Hatred stirreth up strifes: and charity covereth all sins.
Hatred stirs up strifes: but love covers all sins.
13 In the lips of the wise is wisdom found: and a rod on the back of him that wanteth sense.
In the lips of him that has understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.
14 Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the fool is next to confusion.
Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.
15 The substance of a rich man is the city of his strength: the fear of the poor is their poverty.
The rich man’s wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.
16 The work of the just is unto life: but the fruit of the wicked, unto sin.
The labor of the righteous tends to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.
17 The way of life, to him that observeth correction: but he that forsaketh reproofs goeth astray.
He is in the way of life that keeps instruction: but he that refuses reproof errs.
18 Lying lips hide hatred: he that uttereth reproach is foolish.
He that hides hatred with lying lips, and he that utters a slander, is a fool.
19 In the multitude of words there shall not want sin: but he that refraineth his lips is most wise.
In the multitude of words there wants not sin: but he that refrains his lips is wise.
20 The tongue of the just is as choice silver: but the heart of the wicked is nothing worth.
The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth.
21 The lips of the just teach many: but they that are ignorant, shall die in the want of understanding.
The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.
22 The blessing of the Lord maketh men rich: neither shall affliction be joined to them.
The blessing of the LORD, it makes rich, and he adds no sorrow with it.
23 A fool worketh mischief as it were for sport: but wisdom is prudence to a man.
It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding has wisdom.
24 That which the wicked feareth, shall come upon him: to the just their desire shall be given.
The fear of the wicked, it shall come on him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.
25 As a tempest that passeth, so the wicked shall be no more: but the just is as an everlasting foundation.
As the whirlwind passes, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.
26 As vinegar to the teeth, and smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that sent him.
As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.
27 The fear of the Lord shall prolong days: and the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
The fear of the LORD prolongs days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
28 The expectation of the just is joy; but the hope of the wicked shall perish.
The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.
29 The strength of the upright is the way of the Lord: and fear to them that work evil.
The way of the LORD is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.
30 The just shall never be moved: but the wicked shall not dwell on the earth.
The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.
31 The mouth of the just shall bring forth wisdom: the tongue of the perverse shall perish.
The mouth of the just brings forth wisdom: but the fraudulent tongue shall be cut out.
32 The lips of the just consider what is acceptable: and the mouth of the wicked uttereth perverse things.
The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaks frowardness.
