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Proverbs 14

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

Notes

1-a.
That is, takes pain to profit her family and to do that which concerns her duty in her house.
2-*.
Job 12.4.
2-b.
That is, in uprightness of heart and without hypocrisy.
3-c.
His proud tongue shall cause him to be punished.
4-d.
By the ox is meant labour, and by the crib the barn meaning, without labour there is no profit.
6-e.
For the maintenance of his own ambition and not for God’s glory, as Simon magus.
9-f.
Does not know the grievousness thereof nor God’s judgements against the same.
10-g.
As a man’s conscience is witness of his own grief: so another can not feel the joy and comfort, which a man feels in himself.
12-*.
Chap. 16.25.
13-h.
He shows that the allurement unto sin seems sweet, but the end thereof is destruction.
14-i.
He that forsakes God, shall be punished, and made weary of his sins wherein he delighted.
17-^.
Ebr., the man of imaginations.
19-k.
If this come not daily to pass, we must consider that it is because of our sins, which let God’s working.
28-l.
That is, the strength of a King stands in many people.
30-^.
Or, body.
31-*.
Chapter 17.5.
33-m.
For as much as they are convicted thereby, and put to silence.
34-^.
Or, and the mercy of the people is a sacrifice for sin.