Proverbs

Solomon's Proverbs: The Wise Son

¹The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother. ²Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death. ³The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he thrusteth away the desire of the wicked. ⁴He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich. ⁵He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame. ⁶Blessings are upon the head of the righteous: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked. ⁷The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot. ⁸The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall. ⁹He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known. ¹⁰He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall. ¹¹The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked. ¹²Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all transgressions. ¹³In the lips of him that hath discernment wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding. ¹⁴Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is a present destruction. ¹⁵The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty. ¹⁶The labour of the righteous tendeth to life; the increase of the wicked to sin. ¹⁷He is in the way of life that heedeth correction: but he that forsaketh reproof erreth. ¹⁸He that hideth hatred is of lying lips; and he that uttereth a slander is a fool. ¹⁹In the multitude of words there wanteth not transgression: but he that refraineth his lips doeth wisely. ²⁰The tongue of the righteous is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth. ²¹The lips of the righteous feed many: but the foolish die for lack of understanding. ²²The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow therewith. ²³It is as sport to a fool to do wickedness: and so is wisdom to a man of understanding. ²⁴The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: and the desire of the righteous shall be granted. ²⁵When the whirlwind passeth, the wicked is no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation. ²⁶As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him. ²⁷The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened. ²⁸The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish. ²⁹The way of the LORD is a strong hold to the upright; but it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity. ³⁰The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not dwell in the land. ³¹The mouth of the righteous bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut off. ³²The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness.