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14:1  A wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish destroyeth it with her own hands.
14:2  He that walketh in his righteousness, feareth the Lord: but he that is lewd in his ways, despiseth him.
14:3  In the mouth of the foolish is the rod of pride: but the lips of the wise preserve them.
14:4  Where none oxen are, there the crib is empty: but much increase cometh by the strength of the ox.
14:5  A faithful witness will not lie: but a false record will speak lies.
14:6  A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy to him that will understand.
14:7  Depart from the foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.
14:8  The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the foolishness of the fools is deceit.
14:9  The fool maketh a mock of sin: but among the righteous there is favor.
14:10  The heart knoweth the bitterness of his soul, and the stranger shall not meddle with his joy.
14:11  The house of the wicked shall be destroyed: but the tabernacle of the righteous shall flourish.
14:12  There is a way that seemeth right to a man: but the issues thereof are the ways of death.
14:13  Even in laughing the heart is sorrowful, and the end of that mirth is heaviness.
14:14  The heart that declineth, shall be satiated with his own ways: but a good man shall depart from him.
14:15  The foolish will believe everything: but the prudent will consider his steps.
14:16  A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil, but a fool rageth, and is careless.
14:17  He that is hasty to anger, commiteth folly, and a busybody is hated.
14:18  The foolish do inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
14:19  The evil shall bow before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
14:20  The poor is hated even of his own neighbor: but the friends of the rich are many.
14:21  The sinner despiseth his neighbor: but he that hath mercy on the poor, is blessed.
14:22  Do not they err that imagine evil? but to them that think on good things, shall be mercy and truth.
14:23  In all labor there is abundance: but the talk of the lips bringeth only want.
14:24  The crown of the wise is their riches, and the folly of fools is foolishness.
14:25  A faithful witness delivereth souls: but a deceiver speaketh lies.
14:26  In the fear of the Lord is an assured strength, and his children shall have hope.
14:27  The fear of the Lord is as a wellspring of life, to avoid the snares of death.
14:28  In the multitude of the people is the honor of a King, and for the want of people cometh the destruction of the Prince.
14:29  He that is slow to wrath, is of great wisdom: but he that is of an hasty mind, exalteth folly.
14:30  A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy is the rotting of the bones.
14:31  He that oppresseth the poor, reproveth him that made him: but he honoreth him, that hath mercy on the poor.
14:32  The wicked shall be cast away for his malice: but the righteous hath hope in his death.
14:33  Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding, and is known in the midst of fools.
14:34  Justice exalteth a nation, but sin is a shame to the people.
14:35  The pleasure of a King is in a wise servant: but his wrath shall be toward him that is lewd.