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Proverbs - ch 10 v 1 - 20
- A wise son maketh the father glad: but a foolish son is the sorrow of his mother.
- Treasures of wickedness shall profit nothing: but justice shall deliver from death.
- The Lord will not afflict the soul of the just with famine, and he will disappoint the deceitful practices of the wicked.
- 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 that gathered in the harvest is a wise son: but he that snorteth in the summer, is the son of confusion.
- The blessing of the Lord is upon the head of the just: but iniquity covereth the mouth of the wicked.
- The memory of the just is with praises: and the name of the wicked shall rot.
- The wise of heart receiveth precepts: a fool is beaten with lips.
- He that walketh sincerely, walketh confidently: but he that perverteth his ways, shall be manifest.
- He that winketh with the eye shall cause sorrow: and the foolish in lips shall be beaten.
- The mouth of the just is a vein of life: and the mouth of the wicked covereth iniquity.
- Hatred stirreth up strifes: and charity covereth all sins.
- In the lips of the wise is wisdom found: and a rod on the back of him that wanteth sense.
- Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the fool is next to confusion.
- The substance of a rich man is the city of his strength: the fear of the poor is their poverty.
- The work of the just is unto life: but the fruit of the wicked, unto sin.
- The way of life, to him that observeth correction: but he that forsaketh reproofs goeth astray.
- Lying lips hide hatred: he that uttereth reproach is foolish.
- In the multitude of words there shall not want sin: but he that refraineth his lips is most wise.
- The tongue of the just is as choice silver: but the heart of the wicked is nothing worth.
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