These words, which I am ordering you today, are to be on your heart; and you are to teach them carefully to your children. You are to talk about them when you sit at home, when you are traveling on the road, when you lie down and when you get up. (Deuteronomy 6:6-7)
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King James Version (1769 Pure Cambridge Edition) and JPS Tanakh (1917).
Both texts are in the public domain. Some original names have been restored
Proverbs 14
Tanakh 35 verses
- 1 Every wise woman buildeth her house; But the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.
- 2 He that walketh in his uprightness feareth ; But he that is perverse in his ways despiseth Him.
- 3 In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride; But the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
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Where no oxen are, the crib is ; But much increase is by the strength of the ox.
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- 5 A faithful witness will not lie; But a false witness breatheth forth lies.
- 6 A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not; But knowledge is easy unto him that hath discernment.
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Go from the presence of a foolish man, for thou wilt not perceive the lips of knowledge.
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- 8 The wisdom of the prudent is to look well to his way; But the folly of fools is deceit.
- 9 Amends pleadeth for fools; But among the upright there is good will.
- 10 The knoweth its own bitterness; And with its joy no stranger can intermeddle.
- 11 The house of the wicked shall be overthrown; But the tent of the upright shall flourish.
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There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, But the end thereof are the ways of death.
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- 13 Even in laughter the acheth; And the end of mirth is heaviness.
- 14 The dissembler in shall have his fill from his own ways; And a good man shall be satisfied from himself.
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The thoughtless believeth every ; But the prudent man looketh well to his going.
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A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil; But the fool behaveth overbearingly, and is confident.
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Proverbs 22:3 Proverbs 3:7 Genesis 33:9 1 Kings 20:10-11 Genesis 42:18 1 Kings 20:18 1 Thessalonians 5:22 Proverbs 16:6 Mark 6:24-25 John 9:40 Proverbs 29:9 Job 28:28 Job 31:21-23 Ecclesiastes 10:13 1 Kings 19:2 Proverbs 28:14 Nehemiah 5:15 Psalm 34:14 Psalm 119:120 Proverbs 16:17 Mark 6:17-19 Proverbs 7:22 - 17 He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly; And a man of wicked devices is hated.
- 18 The thoughtless come into possession of folly; But the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
- 19 The evil bow before the good, And the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
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The poor is hated even of his own neighbour; But the rich hath many friends.
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He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth; But he that is gracious unto the humble, happy is he.
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Proverbs 11:12 Proverbs 19:17 James 2:14-16 Acts 20:35 Job 31:13-15 James 2:5-6 Psalm 22:24 Proverbs 11:24-25 Isaiah 58:7-12 Proverbs 17:5 1 John 3:17-22 Proverbs 28:27 Psalm 112:5 Matthew 25:34-46 Ecclesiastes 11:1-2 Hebrews 6:12 Proverbs 18:3 Job 35:5-6 Daniel 4:27 Psalm 112:9 Proverbs 14:31 Psalm 41:1-2 Luke 6:30-36 Luke 18:9 - 22 Shall they not go astray that devise evil? But and shall be for them that devise good.
- 23 In all labour there is profit; But the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
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The of the wise is their riches; But the folly of fools remaineth folly.
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A true witness delivereth souls; But he that breatheth forth lies is all deceit.
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- 26 In the of a man hath strong confidence; And his children shall have a place of refuge.
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The of is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
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In the multitude of people is the king’s ; But in the want of people is the ruin of the prince.
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- 29 He that is slow to anger is of great understanding; But he that is hasty of exalteth folly.
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A tranquil is the life of the ; But envy is the rottenness of the bones.
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- 31 He that oppresseth the poor blasphemeth his Maker; But he that is gracious unto the needy honoureth Him.
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The wicked is thrust down in his misfortune; But the righteous, even when he is brought to death, hath .
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2 Timothy 4:18 2 Corinthians 5:8 Genesis 49:18 2 Corinthians 1:9 Job 19:25-27 Psalm 23:4 Psalm 37:37 Job 13:15 John 8:21 Luke 2:29 John 8:24 1 Corinthians 15:55-58 Daniel 5:26-30 Proverbs 6:15 Philippians 1:23 Psalm 58:9 Proverbs 24:16 Job 18:18 Psalm 17:15 Romans 9:22 Psalm 16:11 Philippians 1:21 Revelation 14:13 1 Thessalonians 5:3 Job 27:20-22 -
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In the of him that hath discernment wisdom resteth; But in the inward part of fools it maketh itself known.
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- 34 Righteousness exalteth a nation; But sin is a reproach to any people.
- 35 The king’s favour is toward a that dealeth wisely; But his wrath striketh him that dealeth shamefully.