< Proverbs 14 >
1 Every wise woman builds her house: but the foolish plucks it down with her hands.
wise woman to build house: home her and folly in/on/with hand her to overthrow him
2 He that walks in his uprightness fears the LORD: but he that is perverse in his ways despises him.
to go: walk in/on/with uprightness his afraid LORD and be devious way: conduct his to despise him
3 In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
in/on/with lip fool(ish) branch pride and lips wise to keep: guard them
4 Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the strength of the ox.
in/on/with nothing cattle crib pure and abundance produce in/on/with strength cattle
5 A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.
witness faithful not to lie and to breathe lie witness deception
6 A scorner seeks wisdom, and finds it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understands.
to seek to mock wisdom and nothing and knowledge to/for to understand to lighten
7 Go from the presence of a foolish man, when you perceive not in him the lips of knowledge.
to go: went from before to/for man fool and not to know lip: words knowledge
8 The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.
wisdom prudent to understand way: conduct his and folly fool deceit
9 Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.
fool(ish) to mock guilt (offering) and between upright acceptance
10 The heart knows his own bitterness; and a stranger does not intermeddle with his joy.
heart to know bitterness soul: myself his and in/on/with joy his not to pledge be a stranger
11 The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.
house: household wicked to destroy and tent upright to sprout
12 There is a way which seems right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
there way: conduct upright to/for face of man and end her way: conduct death
13 Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that delight is heaviness.
also in/on/with laughter to pain heart and end her joy grief
14 The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.
from way: conduct his to satisfy to turn heart and from upon him man pleasant
15 The simple believes every word: but the prudent man looks well to his going.
simple be faithful to/for all word: thing and prudent to understand to/for step his
16 A wise man fears, and departs from evil: but the fool rages, and is confident.
wise afraid and to turn aside: depart from bad: evil and fool be arrogant and to trust
17 He that is soon angry deals foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.
short face: anger to make: do folly and man plot to hate
18 The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
to inherit simple folly and prudent to surround knowledge
19 The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
to bow bad: evil to/for face: before pleasant and wicked upon gate righteous
20 The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich has many friends.
also to/for neighbor his to hate be poor and to love: friend rich many
21 He that despises his neighbour sins: but he that has mercy on the poor, happy is he.
to despise to/for neighbor his to sin and be gracious (poor *Q(K)*) blessed he
22 Do they not go astray that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.
not to go astray to plow/plot bad: evil and kindness and truth: faithful to plow/plot good
23 In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tends only to destitution.
in/on/with all toil to be advantage and word: because lip: words surely to/for need
24 The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.
crown wise riches their folly fool folly
25 A true witness delivers souls: but a deceitful witness speaks lies.
to rescue soul: life witness truth: true and to breathe lie deceit
26 In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.
in/on/with fear LORD confidence strength and to/for son: child his to be refuge
27 The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
fear LORD fountain life to/for to turn aside: depart from snare death
28 In the multitude of people is the king's honour: but in the lack of people is the destruction of the prince.
in/on/with abundance people adornment king and in/on/with end people terror prince
29 He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalts folly.
slow face: anger many understanding and short spirit: temper to exalt folly
30 A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.
life flesh heart healing and rottenness bone jealousy
31 He that oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker: but he that honors him has mercy on the poor.
to oppress poor to taunt to make him and to honor: honour him be gracious needy
32 The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous has hope in his death.
in/on/with distress: evil his to thrust wicked and to seek refuge in/on/with death his righteous
33 Wisdom rests in the heart of him that has understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made known.
in/on/with heart to understand to rest wisdom and in/on/with entrails: among fool to know
34 Righteousness exalts a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.
righteousness to exalt nation and shame people sin
35 The king's favour is toward a wise servant: but his wrath is against him that causes shame.
acceptance king to/for servant/slave be prudent and fury his to be be ashamed