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10The 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 casteth away the substance 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 just: 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 a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
¹²Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
¹³In the lips of him that hath understanding 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 near 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 fruit of the wicked to sin.
¹⁷He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.
¹⁸He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.
¹⁹In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.
²⁰The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth.
²¹The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.
²²The blessing of the Lord, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.