¹ Every wise woman builds her house: but the foolish plucks it down with her hands. ² He that walks in his uprightness fears the LORD: but he that is perverse in his ways despises him. ³ In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise will preserve them. ⁴ Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the strength of the ox. ⁵ A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies. ⁶ A scorner seeks wisdom, and finds it not: but knowledge is easy to him that understands. ⁷ Go from the presence of a foolish man, when you perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge. ⁸ The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit. ⁹ Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour. ¹⁰ The heart know his own bitterness and a stranger does not intermeddle with his joy. ¹¹ The house of the wicked will be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright will flourish. ¹² There is a way which seems right to a man, but the end of it are the ways of death. ¹³ Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful and the end of that mirth is heaviness. ¹⁴ The backslider in heart will be filled with his own ways: and a good man [will be satisfied] from himself. ¹⁵ The simple believes every word: but the prudent man looks well to his going. ¹⁶ A wise man fears, and departs from evil: but the fool rages, and is confident. ¹⁷ He that is soon angry deals foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated. ¹⁸ The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge. ¹⁹ The evil bow before the good and the wicked at the gates of the righteous. ²⁰ The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich has many friends. ²¹ He that despises his neighbour sins: but he that has mercy on the poor , happy [is] he. ²² Do they not go astray that devise evil? but mercy and truth will be to them that devise good. ²³ In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tends only to penury. ²⁴ The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly. ²⁵ A true witness delivers souls: but a deceitful witness speaks lies. ²⁶ In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children will have a place of refuge. ²⁷ The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death. ²⁸ In the multitude of people is the king's honour: but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince. ²⁹ He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalts folly. ³⁰ A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones. ³¹ He that oppresses the poor rebukes his Maker: but he that honours him has mercy on the poor. ³² The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous has hope in his death. ³³ Wisdom rests in the heart of him that has understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made known. ³⁴ Righteousness exalts a nation: but sin is a rebuke to any people. ³⁵ The king's favour is toward a wise servant: but his wrath is against him that causes shame.