Every wise woman buildeth her house;
But {Hebrew: folly.}the foolish plucketh it down with her own hands.
He that walketh in his uprightness feareth Jehovah;
But he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him.
In the mouth of the foolish is a rod for his pride;
But the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
Where no oxen are, the crib is clean;
But much increase is by the strength of the ox.
A faithful witness will not lie;
But a false witness {Hebrew: breatheth out.}uttereth lies.
A scoffer seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not;
But knowledge is easy unto him that hath understanding.
{Or, Go from…For thou wilt not & c.}Go into the presence of a foolish man,
And thou shalt not perceive in him the lips of knowledge.
The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way;
But the folly of fools is deceit.
{Or, Fools make a mock at sin}A trespass-offering mocketh fools;
But among the upright there is {Or, the favor of God}good will.
The heart knoweth its own bitterness;
And a stranger doth not inter-meddle with its joy.
The house of the wicked shall be overthrown;
But the tent of the upright shall flourish.
There is a way which {Or, is straight before}seemeth right unto a man;
But the end thereof are the ways of death.
Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful;
And the end of mirth is heaviness.
The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways;
And a good man shall be satisfied from himself.
The simple believeth every word;
But the prudent man looketh well to his going.
A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil;
But the fool beareth himself insolently, and is confident.
He that is soon angry will deal foolishly;
And a man of wicked devices is hated.
The simple inherit folly;
But the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
The evil bow down before the good;
And the wicked, at the gates of the righteous.
The poor is hated even of his own neighbor;
But the rich hath many friends.
He that despiseth his neighbor sinneth;
But he that hath pity on the poor, happy is he.
{Or, Shall they not go astray}Do they not err that devise evil?
But mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.
In all labor there is profit;
But the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
{Or, Their riches is a crown unto the wise}The crown of the wise is their riches;
But the folly of fools is only folly.
A true witness delivereth souls;
But he that {Hebrew: breatheth out.}uttereth lies causeth deceit.
In the fear of Jehovah is strong confidence;
And {Or, the children of him that hath it}his children shall have a place of refuge.
The fear of Jehovah is a fountain of life,
That one may depart from the snares of death.
In the multitude of people is the king's glory;
But in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.
He that is slow to anger is of great understanding;
But he that is hasty of spirit {Or, carrieth away}exalteth folly.
A tranquil heart is the life of the flesh;
But {Or, jealously}envy is the rottenness of the bones.
He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker;
But he that hath mercy on the needy honoreth him.
The wicked is thrust down in his {Or, calamity}evil-doing;
But the righteous hath a refuge in his death.
Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding;
{Or, And in the midst of fools it maketh itself known}But that which is in the inward part of fools is made known.
Righteousness exalteth a nation;
But sin is a reproach to {Hebrew: peoples.}any people.
The king's favor is toward a servant that dealeth wisely;
But his wrath will be against him that {Or, doeth shamefully}causeth shame.
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A fool's lips {Or, bring contention}enter into contention,And his mouth calleth for stripes.
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.
The proud and haughty man, scoffer is his name;He worketh in the arrogance of pride.
{Or, that}because if thou shalt {Some ancient authorities read confess the word with thy mouth, that Jesus is Lord.}confess with thy mouth Jesus as Lord, and shalt believe in thy heart that God raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved:
He that soweth iniquity shall reap {Or, vanity}calamity;And the rod of his wrath shall fail.
for with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
He that is of a greedy spirit stirreth up strife;But he that putteth his trust in Jehovah shall be made fat.
Because thou didst keep the word of my {Or, stedfastness}patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of {Or, temptation}trial, that hour which is to come upon the whole {Greek: inhabited earth.}world, to {Or, tempt}try them that dwell upon the earth.
Talk no more so exceeding proudly;Let not arrogancy come out of your mouth;For Jehovah is a God of knowledge, {According to another reading, Though actions be not weighed.}And by him actions are weighed.
And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb, and because of the word of their testimony; and they loved not their life even unto death.
Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue;Neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.
Jehovah will cut off all flattering lips,The tongue that speaketh great things;
Let the lying lips be dumb,Which speak against the righteous insolently,With pride and contempt.
For the Chief Musician. Maschil of David; when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David is come to the house of Ahimelech.Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man?The lovingkindness of God endureth continually.
Thy tongue deviseth very wickedness,Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
My soul is among lions;I {Or, must lie}lie among them that are set on fire,Even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows,And their tongue a sharp sword.
and concerning the ten horns that were on its head, and the other horn which came up, and before which three fell, even that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spake great things, whose look was more stout than its fellows.
So the tongue also is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, {Or, how great a forest}how much wood is kindled by how small a fire!
And the tongue is {Or, a fire, that world of iniquity: the tongue is among our members that which &c.}a fire: the {Or, that world of iniquity: the tongue, is among our members that which &c.}world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the wheel of {Or, birth}nature, and is set on fire by {Greek: Gehenna.}hell.
For, uttering great swelling words of vanity, they entice in the lusts of the flesh, by lasciviousness, those who are just escaping from them that live in error;
And after these things I saw, and the {Or, sanctuary}temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened:
and there came out from the {Or, sanctuary}temple the seven angels that had the seven plagues, arrayed {Many ancient authorities read in linen. chapter 19:8}with precious stone, pure and bright, and girt about their breasts with golden girdles.