Proverbs 12

1Whoso
loveth instruction
loveth knowledge:
but he that hateth reproof
is brutish.

2A good man
obtaineth favour
of the LORD:
but a man of wicked devices
will He condemn.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

14A 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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