10:1 In this Chapter, and all that follow, unto the thirtieth, the wise man exhorteth by divers sentences, which he calleth Parables, to follow virtue, and flee vice: and also showeth what profit cometh of wisdom, and what hindrance proceedeth of foolishness. THE PARABLE OF SOLOMON. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is an heaviness to his mother.
10:2 The treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.
10:3 The Lord will not famish the soul of the righteous: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.
10:4 A slothful hand maketh poor: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
10:5 He that gathereth in summer, is the son of wisdom: but he that sleepeth in harvest, is the son of confusion.
10:6 Blessings are upon the head of the righteous: but iniquity shall cover the mouth of the wicked.
10:7 The memorial of the just shall be blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
10:8 The wise in heart will receive commandments: but the foolish in talk shall be beaten.
10:9 He that walketh uprightly, walketh boldly: but he that perverteth his ways, shall be known.
10:10 He that winketh with the eye, worketh sorrow, and he that is foolish in talk, shall be beaten.
10:11 The mouth of a righteous man is a wellspring of life: but iniquity covereth the mouth of the wicked.
10:12 Hatred stirreth up contentions: but love covereth all trespasses.
10:13 In the lips of him that hath understanding, wisdom is found, and a rod shall be for the back of him that is destitute of wisdom.
10:14 Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the fool is a present destruction.
10:15 The rich man’s goods are his strong city: but the fear of the needy is their poverty.
10:16 The labor of the righteous tendeth to life: but the revenues of the wicked to sin.
10:17 He that regardeth instruction is in the way of life: but he that refuseth correction, goeth out of the way.
10:18 He that dissembleth hatred with lying lips, and he that inventeth slander, is a fool.
10:19 In many words there cannot want iniquity: but he that refraineth his lips, is wise:
10:20 The tongue of the just man is as fined silver: but the heart of the wicked is little worth.
10:21 The lips of the righteous do feed many: but fools shall die for want of wisdom.
10:22 The blessing of the Lord, it maketh rich, and he doth add no sorrows with it.
10:23 It is a pastime to a fool to do wickedly: but wisdom is understanding to a man.
10:24 That which the wicked feareth, shall come upon him: but God will grant the desire of the righteous.
10:25 As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is as an everlasting foundation.
10:26 As vinegar is to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the slothful to them that send him.
10:27 The fear of the Lord increaseth the days: but the years of the wicked shall be diminished.
10:28 The patient abiding of the righteous shall be gladness: but the hope of the wicked shall perish.
10:29 The way of the Lord is strength to the upright man: but fear shall be for the workers of iniquity.
10:30 The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not dwell in the land.
10:31 The mouth of the just shall be fruitful in wisdom: but the tongue of the froward shall be cut out.
10:32 The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh froward things.
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