A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels: 1:5 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction. 1:7 For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but His secret is with the righteous. 3:32 The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked: but He blesseth the habitation of the just. 3:33 The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools. 3:35 For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it. 8:11 A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother. 10:1 Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death. 10:2 The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but He casteth away the substance of the wicked. 10:3 He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich. 10:4 He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame. 10:5 Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked. 10:6 The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot. 10:7 The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall. 10:8 He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known. 10:9 He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall. 10:10 The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked. 10:11 Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins. 10:12 In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding. 10:13 Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction. 10:14 The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty. 10:15 The labor of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin. 10:16 He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth. 10:17 In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise. 10:19 The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth. 10:20 The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom. 10:21It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom. 10:23 The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted. 10:24 As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation. 10:25 As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him. 10:26 The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened. 10:27 The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish. 10:28 The way of the LORD is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity. 10:29 The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth. 10:30 The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out. 10:31 The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness. 10:32 A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is His delight. 11:1 When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom. 11:2 The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them. 11:3 Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death. 11:4 The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness. 11:5 The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness. 11:6 When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perisheth. 11:7 The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead. 11:8 An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbor: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered. 11:9 When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: and when the wicked perish, there is shouting. 11:10 By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked. 11:11 He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbor: but a man of understanding holdeth his peace. 11:12 A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter. 11:13 Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of c
