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10:1  (The parables of Solomon.) A wise son makes a glad father; but a foolish son is sadness unto his mother.
10:2  Treasures of wickedness profit nothing, but righteousness delivers from death.
10:3  The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish, but wickedness shall cast out the wicked.
10:4  He that deals with a slack hand becomes poor, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.
10:5  He that gathers in summer is a wise son, but he that sleeps in harvest is a son that causes shame.
10:6  Blessings are upon the head of the just, but the mouth of the wicked covers violence.
10:7  The memory of the just is blessed, but the name of the wicked shall stink.
10:8  The wise in heart will receive the commandments, but he who speaks foolishness shall fall.
10:9  He that walks in integrity walks securely, but he that perverts his ways shall be broken.
10:10  He that winks with the eye causes sorrow, and he that speaks foolishness shall fall.
10:11  The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life, but the mouth of the wicked covers violence.
10:12  Hatred stirs up strifes, but love covers all sins.
10:13  In the lips of the prudent wisdom is found and is a rod unto the back of him that is void of understanding.
10:14  Wise men keep knowledge, but the mouth of the foolish is near unto calamity.
10:15  The rich man’s wealth is his strong city; the weakness of the poor is their poverty.
10:16  The work of the righteous is unto life, but the fruit of the wicked is for sin.
10:17  He is in the way of life that gives heed to chastening, but he that refuses reproof errs.
10:18  He that hides hatred has lying lips, and he that utters a slander, is a fool.
10:19  In the multitude of words there is no lack of rebellion, but he that refrains his lips is wise.
10:20  The tongue of the just is as choice silver, but the understanding {Heb. heart} of the wicked is worth little.
10:21  The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of wisdom.
10:22  The blessing of the LORD is that which makes rich, and he adds no sorrow with it.
10:23  To make an abomination is as sport to the fool, but wisdom is recreation to the man of intelligence.
10:24  The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him, but God shall grant the desire of the righteous.
10:25  When the whirlwind passes, the wicked is no more, but the righteous is founded for ever.
10:26  As vinegar to the teeth and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to those that send him.
10:27  The fear of the LORD shall prolong days, but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
10:28  The hope of the righteous is joy, but the hope of the wicked shall perish.
10:29  The way of the LORD is strength to the perfect, but it is terror to the workers of iniquity.
10:30  The righteous eternally shall never be removed, but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.
10:31  The mouth of the just shall bring forth wisdom, but the perverse tongue shall be cut out.
10:32  The lips of the righteous shall know the will of God, but the mouth of the wicked speaks perversion.