12:1 Whoso loveth 157 8802 instruction 4148 loveth 157 8802 knowledge 1847: but he that hateth 8130 8802 reproof 8433 [is] brutish 1198.

12:2 A good 2896 [man] obtaineth 6329 8686 favour 7522 of the LORD 3068: but a man 376 of wicked devices 4209 will he condemn 7561 8686.

12:3 A man 120 shall not be established 3559 8735 by wickedness 7562: but the root 8328 of the righteous 6662 shall not be moved 4131 8735.

12:4 A virtuous 2428 woman 802 [is] a crown 5850 to her husband 1167: but she that maketh ashamed 954 8688 [is] as rottenness 7538 in his bones 6106.

12:5 The thoughts 4284 of the righteous 6662 [are] right 4941: [but] the counsels 8458 of the wicked 7563 [are] deceit 4820.

12:6 The words 1697 of the wicked 7563 [are] to lie in wait 693 8800 for blood 1818: but the mouth 6310 of the upright 3477 shall deliver 5337 8686 them.

12:7 The wicked 7563 are overthrown 2015 8800, and [are] not: but the house 1004 of the righteous 6662 shall stand 5975 8799.

12:8 A man 376 shall be commended 1984 8792 according 6310 to his wisdom 7922: but he that is of a perverse 5753 8737 heart 3820 shall be despised 937.(of a…: Heb. perverse of heart)

12:9 [He that is] despised 7034 8737, and hath a servant 5650, [is] better 2896 than he that honoureth 3513 8693 himself, and lacketh 2638 bread 3899.

12:10 A righteous 6662 [man] regardeth 3045 8802 the life 5315 of his beast 929: but the tender mercies 7356 of the wicked 7563 [are] cruel 394.(tender…: or, bowels)

12:11 He that tilleth 5647 8802 his land 127 shall be satisfied 7646 8799 with bread 3899: but he that followeth 7291 8764 vain 7386 [persons is] void 2638 of understanding 3820.

12:12 The wicked 7563 desireth 2530 8804 the net 4685 of evil 7451 [men]: but the root 8328 of the righteous 6662 yieldeth 5414 8799 [fruit].(the net: or, the fortress)

12:13 The wicked 7451 is snared 4170 by the transgression 6588 of [his] lips 8193: but the just 6662 shall come out 3318 8799 of trouble 6869.(The wicked…: Heb. The snare of the wicked is in the transgression of lips)

12:14 A man 376 shall be satisfied 7646 8799 with good 2896 by the fruit 6529 of [his] mouth 6310: and the recompence 1576 of a man's 120 hands 3027 shall be rendered 7725 8686 8675 7725 8799 unto him.

12:15 The way 1870 of a fool 191 [is] right 3477 in his own eyes 5869: but he that hearkeneth 8085 8802 unto counsel 6098 [is] wise 2450.

12:16 A fool's 191 wrath 3708 is presently 3117 known 3045 8735: but a prudent 6175 [man] covereth 3680 8802 shame 7036.(presently: Heb. in that day)

12:17 [He that] speaketh 6315 8686 truth 530 sheweth forth 5046 8686 righteousness 6664: but a false 8267 witness 5707 deceit 4820.

12:18 There is 3426 that speaketh 981 8802 like the piercings 4094 of a sword 2719: but the tongue 3956 of the wise 2450 [is] health 4832.

12:19 The lip 8193 of truth 571 shall be established 3559 8735 for ever 5703: but a lying 8267 tongue 3956 [is] but for a moment 7280 8686.

12:20 Deceit 4820 [is] in the heart 3820 of them that imagine 2790 8802 evil 7451: but to the counsellors 3289 8802 of peace 7965 [is] joy 8057.

12:21 There shall no evil 205 happen 579 8792 to the just 6662: but the wicked 7563 shall be filled 4390 8804 with mischief 7451.

12:22 Lying 8267 lips 8193 [are] abomination 8441 to the LORD 3068: but they that deal 6213 8802 truly 530 [are] his delight 7522.

12:23 A prudent 6175 man 120 concealeth 3680 8802 knowledge 1847: but the heart 3820 of fools 3684 proclaimeth 7121 8799 foolishness 200.

12:24 The hand 3027 of the diligent 2742 shall bear rule 4910 8799: but the slothful 7423 shall be under tribute 4522.(slothful: or, deceitful)

12:25 Heaviness 1674 in the heart 3820 of man 376 maketh it stoop 7812 8686: but a good 2896 word 1697 maketh it glad 8055 8762.

12:26 The righteous 6662 [is] more excellent 8446 8686 than his neighbour 7453: but the way 1870 of the wicked 7563 seduceth 8582 8686 them.(excellent: or, abundant)

12:27 The slothful 7423 [man] roasteth 2760 8799 not that which he took in hunting 6718: but the substance 1952 of a diligent 2742 man 120 [is] precious 3368.

12:28 In the way 734 of righteousness 6666 [is] life 2416; and [in] the pathway 5410 1870 [thereof there is] no death 4194.

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