  THE PROVERBS OF SOLOMON
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  12:1  Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth 
        reproof [is] brutish.

  12:2  A good [man] obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked 
        devices will he condemn.

  12:3  A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of 
        the righteous shall not be moved.

  12:4  A virtuous woman [is] a crown to her husband: but she that 
        maketh ashamed [is] as rottenness in his bones.

  12:5  The thoughts of the righteous [are] right: [but] the counsels 
        of the wicked [are] deceit.

  12:6  The words of the wicked [are] to lie in wait for blood: but 
        the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

  12:7  The wicked are overthrown, and [are] not: but the house of the 
        righteous shall stand.

  12:8  A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that 
        is of a perverse heart shall be despised.

  12:9  [He that is] despised, and hath a servant, [is] better than he 
        that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.

  12:10  A righteous [man] regardeth the life of his beast: but the 
         tender mercies of the wicked [are] cruel.

  12:11  He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he 
         that followeth vain [persons is] void of understanding.

  12:12  The wicked desireth the net of evil [men]: but the root of the 
         righteous yieldeth [fruit].

  12:13  The wicked is snared by the transgression of [his] lips: but 
         the just shall come out of trouble.

  12:14  A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of [his] mouth: 
         and the recompence of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him.

  12:15  The way of a fool [is] right in his own eyes: but he that 
         hearkeneth unto counsel [is] wise.

  12:16  A fool's wrath is presently known: but a prudent [man] 
         covereth shame.

  12:17  [He that] speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a 
         false witness deceit.

  12:18  There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the 
         tongue of the wise [is] health.

  12:19  The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying 
         tongue [is] but for a moment.

  12:20  Deceit [is] in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to 
         the counsellors of peace [is] joy.

  12:21  There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall 
         be filled with mischief.

  12:22  Lying lips [are] abomination to the LORD: but they that deal 
         truly [are] his delight.

  12:23  A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools 
         proclaimeth foolishness.

  12:24  The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful 
         shall be under tribute.

  12:25  Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word 
         maketh it glad.

  12:26  The righteous [is] more excellent than his neighbour: but 
         the way of the wicked seduceth them.

  12:27  The slothful [man] roasteth not that which he took in hunting: 
         but the substance of a diligent man [is] precious.

  12:28  In the way of righteousness [is] life; and [in] the pathway 
         [thereof there is] no death.




