Whoso loveth {Or, instruction}correction loveth knowledge;
But he that hateth reproof is brutish.
A good man shall obtain favor of Jehovah;
But a man of wicked devices will he condemn.
A man shall not be established by wickedness;
But the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
A worthy woman is the crown of her husband;
But she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
The thoughts of the righteous are just;
But the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
The words of the wicked {Or, are a lying in wait}are of lying in wait for blood;
But the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
{Or, Overthrow the wicked, and they are not}The wicked are overthrown, and are not;
But the house of the righteous shall stand.
A man shall be commended according to his wisdom;
But he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.
Better is he that is lightly esteemed, and hath a servant,
Than he that honoreth himself, and lacketh bread.
A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast;
But the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread;
But he that followeth after {Or, vain things}vain persons is void of understanding.
The wicked desireth {Or, the prey}the net of evil men;
But the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.
In the transgression of the lips is {Or, an evil snare}a snare to the evil man;
But the righteous shall come out of trouble.
A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth;
And the doings of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him.
The way of a fool is right in his own eyes;
But he that is wise hearkeneth unto counsel.
A fool's vexation is {Or, openly Hebrew: in the day.}presently known;
But a prudent man concealeth shame.
He that {Hebrew: breatheth out.}uttereth truth showeth forth righteousness;
But a false witness, deceit.
There is that speaketh rashly like the piercings of a sword;
But the tongue of the wise is health.
The lip of truth shall be established for ever;
But a lying tongue is but for a moment.
Deceit is in the heart of them that devise evil;
But to the counsellors of peace is joy.
There shall no mischief happen to the righteous;
But the wicked shall be filled with evil.
Lying lips are an abomination to Jehovah;
But they that deal truly are his delight.
A prudent man concealeth knowledge;
But the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.
The hand of the diligent shall bear rule;
But {Hebrew: slothfulness.}the slothful shall be put under taskwork.
{Or, Care}Heaviness in the heart of a man maketh it stoop;
But a good word maketh it glad.
The righteous is a guide to his neighbor;
But the way of the wicked causeth them to err.
The slothful man {Or, catcheth not his prey}roasteth not that which he took in hunting;
But the precious substance of men {Or, is to be diligent}is to the diligent.
In the way of righteousness is life;
And in the pathway thereof there is no death.
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{Or, My hand upon it! Hebrew: Hand to hand.}Though hand join in hand, the evil man shall not be unpunished;But the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.
Every wise woman buildeth her house;But {Hebrew: folly.}the foolish plucketh it down with her own hands.
The house of the wicked shall be overthrown;But the tent of the upright shall flourish.
Through wisdom is a house builded;And by understanding it is established;
Jehovah will root up the house of the proud;But he will establish the border of the widow.
And by knowledge are the chambers filledWith all precious and pleasant riches.
And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men.
And Parshandatha, and Dalphon, and Aspatha,
and Poratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha,
and Parmashta, and Arisai, and Aridai, and Vaizatha,
the ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Jew's enemy, slew they; but on the spoil they laid not their hand.
And thy house and thy kingdom shall be made sure for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.
And the king commanded it so to be done: and a decree was given out in Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons.
And let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, Jehovah of hosts is God over Israel; and the house of thy servant David shall be established before thee.
I have seen the foolish taking root:But suddenly I cursed his habitation.
Every one therefore that heareth these words of mine, and doeth them, shall be likened unto a wise man, who built his house upon the rock:
and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon the rock.
And every one that heareth these words of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand:
and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and smote upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall thereof.
His children are far from safety,And they are crushed in the gate,Neither is there any to deliver them:
But the eyes of the wicked shall fail,And {Hebrew: refuge is perished from them.}they shall have no way to flee;And their hope shall be the giving up of the ghost.
{Or, It shall dwell in his tent, that it be no more his (or, because it is none of his)}There shall dwell in his tent that which is none of his:Brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.
His roots shall be dried up beneath,And above shall his branch {Or, wither}be cut off.
His remembrance shall perish from the earth,And he shall have no name in the street.
He shall be driven from light into darkness,And chased out of the world.
He shall have neither son nor son's son among his people,Nor any remaining where he sojourned.
{Or, They that dwell in the west are…as they that dwell in the east are &c.}They that come after shall be astonished at his day,As they that went before {Hebrew: laid hold on horror.}were affrighted.
He buildeth his house as the moth,And as a booth which the keeper maketh.
He lieth down rich, but he shall not be gathered to his fathers;He openeth his eyes, and he is not.
Terrors overtake him like waters;A tempest stealeth him away in the night.
The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth;And it sweepeth him out of his place.
For God shall hurl at him, and not spare:He would fain flee out of his hand.
Men shall clap their hands at him,And shall hiss him out of his place.
For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be:Yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and {Or, it}he shall not be.
I have seen the wicked in great power,And spreading himself like a green tree in its native soil.
{Or, Yet he passed away}But one passed by, and, lo, he was not:Yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright;For there is a happy end to the man of peace.
Surely thou settest them in slippery places:Thou castest them down to {Hebrew: ruins.}destruction.
How are they become a desolation in a moment!They are utterly consumed with terrors.