  THE PROVERBS OF SOLOMON
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  10:1  The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but 
        a foolish son [is] the heaviness of his mother.

  10:2  Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness 
        delivereth from death.

  10:3  The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: 
        but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.

  10:4  He becometh poor that dealeth [with] a slack hand: but the hand 
        of the diligent maketh rich.

  10:5  He that gathereth in summer [is] a wise son: [but] he that 
        sleepeth in harvest [is] a son that causeth shame.

  10:6  Blessings [are] upon the head of the just: but violence covereth 
        the mouth of the wicked.

  10:7  The memory of the just [is] blessed: but the name of the wicked 
        shall rot.

  10:8  The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool 
        shall fall.

  10:9  He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth 
        his ways shall be known.

  10:10  He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool 
         shall fall.

  10:11  The mouth of a righteous [man is] a well of life: but violence 
         covereth the mouth of the wicked.

  10:12  Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.

  10:13  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.

  10:14  Wise [men] lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish [is] 
         near destruction.

  10:15  The rich man's wealth [is] his strong city: the destruction 
         of the poor [is] their poverty.

  10:16  The labour of the righteous [tendeth] to life: the fruit of the 
         wicked to sin.

  10:17  He [is in] the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that 
         refuseth reproof erreth.

  10:18  He that hideth hatred [with] lying lips, and he that uttereth 
         a slander, [is] a fool.

  10:19  In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that 
         refraineth his lips [is] wise.

  10:20  The tongue of the just [is as] choice silver: the heart of the 
         wicked [is] little worth.

  10:21  The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of 
         wisdom.

  10:22  The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no 
         sorrow with it.

  10:23  [It is] as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of 
         understanding hath wisdom.

  10:24  The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the 
         desire of the righteous shall be granted.

  10:25  As the whirlwind passeth, so [is] the wicked no [more]: but 
         the righteous [is] an everlasting foundation.

  10:26  As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so [is] the 
         sluggard to them that send him.

  10:27  The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the 
         wicked shall be shortened.

  10:28  The hope of the righteous [shall be] gladness: but the 
         expectation of the wicked shall perish.

  10:29  The way of the LORD [is] strength to the upright: but 
         destruction [shall be] to the workers of iniquity.

  10:30  The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall 
         not inhabit the earth.

  10:31  The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward 
         tongue shall be cut out.

  10:32  The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the 
         mouth of the wicked [speaketh] frowardness.




