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Proverbs 12:4-28

12:4

A virtuous
<02428>

woman
<0802>

[is] a crown
<05850>

to her husband
<01167>_:

but she that maketh ashamed
<0954> (8688)

[is] as rottenness
<07538>

in his bones
<06106>_.

12:5

The thoughts
<04284>

of the righteous
<06662>

[are] right
<04941>_:

[but] the counsels
<08458>

of the wicked
<07563>

[are] deceit
<04820>_.

12:6

The words
<01697>

of the wicked
<07563>

[are] to lie in wait
<0693> (8800)

for blood
<01818>_:

but the mouth
<06310>

of the upright
<03477>

shall deliver
<05337> (8686)

them.

12:7

The wicked
<07563>

are overthrown
<02015> (8800)_,

and [are] not: but the house
<01004>

of the righteous
<06662>

shall stand
<05975> (8799)_.

12:8

A man
<0376>

shall be commended
<01984> (8792)

according
<06310>

to his wisdom
<07922>_:

but he that is of a perverse
<05753> (8737)

heart
<03820>

shall be despised
<0937>_.

{of a...: Heb. perverse of heart}

12:9

[He that is] despised
<07034> (8737)_,

and hath a servant
<05650>_,

[is] better
<02896>

than he that honoureth
<03513> (8693)

himself, and lacketh
<02638>

bread
<03899>_.

12:10

A righteous
<06662>

[man] regardeth
<03045> (8802)

the life
<05315>

of his beast
<0929>_:

but the tender mercies
<07356>

of the wicked
<07563>

[are] cruel
<0394>_.

{tender...: or, bowels}

12:11

He that tilleth
<05647> (8802)

his land
<0127>

shall be satisfied
<07646> (8799)

with bread
<03899>_:

but he that followeth
<07291> (8764)

vain
<07386>

[persons is] void
<02638>

of understanding
<03820>_.

12:12

The wicked
<07563>

desireth
<02530> (8804)

the net
<04685>

of evil
<07451>

[men]: but the root
<08328>

of the righteous
<06662>

yieldeth
<05414> (8799)

[fruit]. {the net: or, the fortress}

12:13

The wicked
<07451>

is snared
<04170>

by the transgression
<06588>

of [his] lips
<08193>_:

but the just
<06662>

shall come out
<03318> (8799)

of trouble
<06869>_.

{The wicked...: Heb. The snare of the wicked is in the transgression of lips}

12:14

A man
<0376>

shall be satisfied
<07646> (8799)

with good
<02896>

by the fruit
<06529>

of [his] mouth
<06310>_:

and the recompence
<01576>

of a man's
<0120>

hands
<03027>

shall be rendered
<07725> (8686) (8675) <07725> (8799)

unto him.

12:15

The way
<01870>

of a fool
<0191>

[is] right
<03477>

in his own eyes
<05869>_:

but he that hearkeneth
<08085> (8802)

unto counsel
<06098>

[is] wise
<02450>_.

12:16

A fool's
<0191>

wrath
<03708>

is presently
<03117>

known
<03045> (8735)_:

but a prudent
<06175>

[man] covereth
<03680> (8802)

shame
<07036>_.

{presently: Heb. in that day}

12:17

[He that] speaketh
<06315> (8686)

truth
<0530>

sheweth forth
<05046> (8686)

righteousness
<06664>_:

but a false
<08267>

witness
<05707>

deceit
<04820>_.

12:18

There is
<03426>

that speaketh
<0981> (8802)

like the piercings
<04094>

of a sword
<02719>_:

but the tongue
<03956>

of the wise
<02450>

[is] health
<04832>_.

12:19

The lip
<08193>

of truth
<0571>

shall be established
<03559> (8735)

for ever
<05703>_:

but a lying
<08267>

tongue
<03956>

[is] but for a moment
<07280> (8686)_.

12:20

Deceit
<04820>

[is] in the heart
<03820>

of them that imagine
<02790> (8802)

evil
<07451>_:

but to the counsellors
<03289> (8802)

of peace
<07965>

[is] joy
<08057>_.

12:21

There shall no evil
<0205>

happen
<0579> (8792)

to the just
<06662>_:

but the wicked
<07563>

shall be filled
<04390> (8804)

with mischief
<07451>_.

12:22

Lying
<08267>

lips
<08193>

[are] abomination
<08441>

to the LORD
<03068>_:

but they that deal
<06213> (8802)

truly
<0530>

[are] his delight
<07522>_.

12:23

A prudent
<06175>

man
<0120>

concealeth
<03680> (8802)

knowledge
<01847>_:

but the heart
<03820>

of fools
<03684>

proclaimeth
<07121> (8799)

foolishness
<0200>_.

12:24

The hand
<03027>

of the diligent
<02742>

shall bear rule
<04910> (8799)_:

but the slothful
<07423>

shall be under tribute
<04522>_.

{slothful: or, deceitful}

12:25

Heaviness
<01674>

in the heart
<03820>

of man
<0376>

maketh it stoop
<07812> (8686)_:

but a good
<02896>

word
<01697>

maketh it glad
<08055> (8762)_.

12:26

The righteous
<06662>

[is] more excellent
<08446> (8686)

than his neighbour
<07453>_:

but the way
<01870>

of the wicked
<07563>

seduceth
<08582> (8686)

them. {excellent: or, abundant}

12:27

The slothful
<07423>

[man] roasteth
<02760> (8799)

not that which he took in hunting
<06718>_:

but the substance
<01952>

of a diligent
<02742>

man
<0120>

[is] precious
<03368>_.

12:28

In the way
<0734>

of righteousness
<06666>

[is] life
<02416>_;

and [in] the pathway
<05410> <01870>

[thereof there is] no death
<04194>_.