Proverbs 14

Proverbs 14:1

Every wise woman builds her house: but the foolish plucks it down with her hands.

Proverbs 14:2

He that walks in his uprightness fears the LORD: but he that is perverse in his ways despises him.

Proverbs 14:3

In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.

Proverbs 14:4

Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the strength of the ox.

Proverbs 14:6

A scorner seeks wisdom, and finds it not: but knowledge is easy to him that understands.

Proverbs 14:7

Go from the presence of a foolish man, when you perceive not in him the lips of knowledge.

Proverbs 14:8

The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.

Proverbs 14:10

The heart knows his own bitterness; and a stranger does not intermeddle with his joy.

Proverbs 14:11

The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.

Proverbs 14:12

There is a way which seems right to a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

Proverbs 14:13

Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.

Proverbs 14:14

The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.

Proverbs 14:16

A wise man fears, and departs from evil: but the fool rages, and is confident.

Proverbs 14:21

He that despises his neighbor sins: but he that has mercy on the poor, happy is he.

Proverbs 14:22

Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.

Proverbs 14:26

In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.

Proverbs 14:27

The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

Proverbs 14:28

In the multitude of people is the king’s honor: but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.

Proverbs 14:29

He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalts folly.

Proverbs 14:31

He that oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker: but he that honors him has mercy on the poor.

Proverbs 14:32

The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous has hope in his death.

Proverbs 14:33

Wisdom rests in the heart of him that has understanding: but that which is in the middle of fools is made known.

Proverbs 14:35

The king’s favor is toward a wise servant: but his wrath is against him that causes shame.