| Chapter 10 |
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A wise son maketh the father glad: but a foolish son is the sorrow of his mother. --
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Treasures of wickedness shall profit nothing: but justice shall deliver from death. --
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The Lord will not afflict the soul of the just with famine, and he will disappoint the deceitful practices of the wicked. --
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The slothful hand hath wrought poverty: but the hand of the industrious getteth riches. He that trusteth to lies feedeth the winds: and the same runneth after birds that fly away. --
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He that gathered in the harvest is a wise son: but he that snorteth in the summer, is the son of confusion. --
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The blessing of the Lord is upon the head of the just: but iniquity covereth the mouth of the wicked. --
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The memory of the just is with praises: and the name of the wicked shall rot. --
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The wise of heart receiveth precepts: a fool is beaten with lips. --
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He that walketh sincerely, walketh confidently: but he that perverteth his ways, shall be manifest. --
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10 |
He that winketh with the eye shall cause sorrow: and the foolish in lips shall be beaten. --
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11 |
The mouth of the just is a vein of life: and the mouth of the wicked covereth iniquity. --
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12 |
Hatred stirreth up strifes: and charity covereth all sins. --
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13 |
In the lips of the wise is wisdom found: and a rod on the back of him that wanteth sense. --
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Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the fool is next to confusion. --
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The substance of a rich man is the city of his strength: the fear of the poor is their poverty. --
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The work of the just is unto life: but the fruit of the wicked, unto sin. --
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The way of life, to him that observeth correction: but he that forsaketh reproofs goeth astray. --
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Lying lips hide hatred: he that uttereth reproach is foolish. --
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In the multitude of words there shall not want sin: but he that refraineth his lips is most wise. --
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20 |
The tongue of the just is as choice silver: but the heart of the wicked is nothing worth. --
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21 |
The lips of the just teach many: but they that are ignorant, shall die in the want of understanding. --
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The blessing of the Lord maketh men rich: neither shall affliction be joined to them. --
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23 |
A fool worketh mischief as it were for sport: but wisdom is prudence to a man. --
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That which the wicked feareth, shall come upon him: to the just their desire shall be given. --
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25 |
As a tempest that passeth, so the wicked shall be no more: but the just is as an everlasting foundation. --
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As vinegar to the teeth, and smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that sent him. --
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The fear of the Lord shall prolong days: and the years of the wicked shall be shortened. --
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28 |
The expectation of the just is joy; but the hope of the wicked shall perish. --
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29 |
The strength of the upright is the way of the Lord: and fear to them that work evil. --
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30 |
The just shall never be moved: but the wicked shall not dwell on the earth. --
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31 |
The mouth of the just shall bring forth wisdom: the tongue of the perverse shall perish. --
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32 |
The lips of the just consider what is acceptable: and the mouth of the wicked uttereth perverse things. --
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