Proverbs of Solomon

• A wise child makes a father glad,
  • but a foolish child grieves his mother.
  • 2  but righteousness delivers from death.
  • 3 [fn] to go hungry, but the craving of the wicked he will thwart.
  • 4  but the hand of the diligent enriches.
  • 5 is a child who is prudent; he who sleeps at the harvest is a child who brings shame.
  • 6 belong to the head of the righteous, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
  • 7 is like a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.
  • 8  but a babbling fool will come to ruin.
  • 9 [fn] will walk securely, but whoever follows perversity, his ways will be made known.
  • 10 [fn] trouble, and the foolishness of lips comes to ruin.
  • 11 is a mouth of righteousness, and a mouth of wickedness conceals violence.
  • 12  but love covers over all offenses.
  • 13  but a rod is for the back of one who lacks[fn]
  • 14  but to the mouth of the fool, ruin draws near.
  • 15 is the city of his strength; the ruin of the poor is their poverty.
  • 16 leads to life; the gain of the wicked to sin.
  • 17 On the path to life is he who guards instruction, but he who rejects rebuke goes astray.
  • 18 has lips of deceit, and he who utters slander—he is a fool.
  • 19  but he who restrains his lips is prudent.
  • 20  a heart[fn] of wickedness is [fn]
  • 21  but fools[fn]
  • 22 one rich, and he does not increase sorrow with it.
  • 23 It is like a sport for a fool to do wrong, wisdom for a person of understanding.
  • 24  but the desire of the righteous will be granted.
  • 25  but the righteous have a foundation forever.
  • 26  thus is the lazy to one who employs[fn] him.
  • 27 but the years of the wicked are shortened.
  • 28 is gladness, but the expectation of the wicked comes to nothing.
  • 29  but ruin belongs to[fn]
  • 30  But the wicked will not remain in the land.[fn]
  • 31  but a tongue of perversity will be cut off.
  • 32 the acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked, the perverse.