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14:1  Every wise woman builds her house, but the foolish plucks it down with her hands.
14:2  He that walks in his uprightness fears the LORD, but he that is perverse in his ways despises him.
14:3  In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride, but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
14:4  Without oxen, the storehouse is clean, but by the strength of the ox there is abundance of bread.
14:5  The true witness will not lie, but the false witness will utter lies.
14:6  The scorner sought wisdom and found it not, but wisdom comes easy unto him that understands.
14:7  Go from the presence of the foolish man when thou dost not perceive in him the lips of knowledge.
14:8  The wisdom of the sane is to understand his way, but the folly of fools is deceit.
14:9  Fools speak sin unto themselves, but among the righteous there is love.
14:10  The heart knows the bitterness of his soul, and a stranger shall not intermeddle with his joy.
14:11  The house of the wicked shall be made desolate, but the tent of the upright shall flourish.
14:12  There is a way which seems right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
14:13  Even in laughter, the scorner has pain in his heart, and the end of that mirth is heaviness.
14:14  The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways, and the good man shall be separated from him.
14:15  The simple believes every word, but the prudent man understands his steps.
14:16  The wise man fears and departs from evil, but the fool rages and is confident.
14:17  He that is soon angry shall deal foolishly, and the man of wicked devices shall be hated.
14:18  The simple shall inherit folly, but the prudent shall be crowned with wisdom.
14:19  Those who are evil shall bow before those who are good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
14:20  The poor is hated even of his own neighbour, but many are those who love the rich.
14:21  The sinner despises his neighbour, but he that has mercy on the poor is blessed.
14:22  Do they not err that meditate upon evil? but those that meditate upon good shall attain mercy and truth.
14:23  In all labour there is fruit, but to talk and not do, brings poverty.
14:24  The crown of the wise is their wisdom, but that which distinguishes fools is their folly.
14:25  The true witness delivers souls, but the deceitful one speaks lies.
14:26  In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence, and there his sons shall have hope.
14:27  The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
14:28  In the multitude of the people is the king’s glory, but in the failure of the people is the weakness of the prince.
14:29  He that is slow to wrath is of great intelligence, but he that is short of spirit exalts folly.
14:30  A sound heart is life to the flesh, but envy is rottenness of the bones.
14:31  He that oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker, but he that has mercy on the poor, honours him.
14:32  For his wickedness shall the wicked be cast out, but the righteous in his death has hope.
14:33  Wisdom shall rest in the heart of him that is sane and is made known in the midst of the fools.
14:34  Righteousness exalts a people, but sin is a reproach to the nations.
14:35  The king’s favour is toward the wise slave, but his wrath is against him that causes shame.