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1 Whoever loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof [is] brutish.
1 Whoever loves correction loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid.
2 A good [man] obtaineth favor from the LORD: but a man of wicked devices he will condemn.
2 A good man shall obtain favor from Yahweh, but he will condemn a man of wicked plans.
3 A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
3 A man shall not be established by wickedness, but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
4 A virtuous woman [is] a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed [is] as rottenness in his bones.
4 A worthy woman is the crown of her husband, but a disgraceful wife is as rottenness in his bones.
5 The thoughts of the righteous [are] right: [but] the counsels of the wicked [are] deceit.
5 The thoughts of the righteous are just, but the advice of the wicked is deceitful.
6 The words of the wicked [are] to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
6 The words of the wicked are about lying in wait for blood, but the speech of the upright rescues them.
7 The wicked are overthrown, and [are] not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.
7 The wicked are overthrown, and are no more, but the house of the righteous shall stand.
8 A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.
8 A man shall be commended according to his wisdom, but he who has a warped mind shall be despised.
9 [He that is] despised, and hath a servant, [is] better than he that honoreth himself, and is destitute of bread.
9 Better is he who is little known, and has a servant, than he who honors himself and lacks bread.
10 A righteous [man] regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked [are] cruel.
10 A righteous man respects the life of his animal, but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
11 He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain [persons is] void of understanding.
11 He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who chases fantasies is void of understanding.
12 The wicked desireth the net of evil [men] : but the root of the righteous yieldeth [fruit] .
12 The wicked desires the plunder of evil men, but the root of the righteous flourishes.
13 The wicked is snared by the transgression of [his] lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.
13 An evil man is trapped by sinfulness of lips, but the righteous shall come out of trouble.
14 A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of [his] mouth: and the recompense of a man's hands shall be rendered to him.
14 A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth. The work of a man’s hands shall be rewarded to him.
15 The way of a fool [is] right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth to counsel [is] wise.
15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but he who is wise listens to counsel.
16 A fool's wrath is presently known: but a prudent [man] covereth shame.
16 A fool shows his annoyance the same day, but one who overlooks an insult is prudent.
17 [He that] speaketh truth showeth forth righteousness: but a false witness, deceit.
17 He who is truthful testifies honestly, but a false witness lies.
18 There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise [is] health.
18 There is one who speaks rashly like the piercing of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals.
19 The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue [is] but for a moment.
19 Truth’s lips will be established forever, but a lying tongue is only momentary.
20 Deceit [is] in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counselors of peace [is] joy.
20 Deceit is in the heart of those who plot evil, but joy comes to the promoters of peace.
21 There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.
21 No mischief shall happen to the righteous, but the wicked shall be filled with evil.
22 Lying lips [are] abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly [are] his delight.
22 Lying lips are an abomination to Yahweh, but those who do the truth are his delight.
23 A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.
23 A prudent man keeps his knowledge, but the hearts of fools proclaim foolishness.
24 The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.
24 The hands of the diligent ones shall rule, but laziness ends in slave labor.
25 Heaviness in the heart of man depresseth it: but a good word maketh it glad.
25 Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs it down, but a kind word makes it glad.
26 The righteous [is] more excellent than his neighbor: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.
26 A righteous person is cautious in friendship, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.
27 The slothful [man] roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man [is] precious.
27 The slothful man doesn’t roast his game, but the possessions of diligent men are prized.
28 In the way of righteousness [is] life; and [in] the path [of it there is] no death.
28 In the way of righteousness is life; in its path there is no death.
Cross references (28)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 1 Proverbs 15:10; Proverbs 9:7–8; Psalm 119:97–100; Proverbs 5:12–13; Proverbs 18:1
  2. 2 Proverbs 8:35; Acts 11:24; Psalm 112:5; Romans 5:7; Isaiah 32:5–7
  3. 3 Proverbs 10:25; Ephesians 3:17; Colossians 2:7; Proverbs 12:12; Psalm 125:1–2
  4. 4 Proverbs 31:10–25; Proverbs 14:30; Proverbs 14:1; Proverbs 19:13–14; Proverbs 21:9
  5. 5 Psalm 139:23; Isaiah 55:7; Psalm 140:1–3; Psalm 41:6–7; Jeremiah 4:14
  6. 6 Proverbs 14:3; Jeremiah 5:26; Proverbs 1:11–19; Isaiah 59:7; 2 Samuel 17:1–4
  7. 7 Matthew 7:24–27; Proverbs 10:25; Proverbs 11:21; Job 27:18–23; 2 Samuel 7:26
  8. 8 2 Corinthians 10:18; Proverbs 3:35; 1 Corinthians 3:10–15; Matthew 27:4–5; 1 Corinthians 4:5
  9. 9 Luke 14:11; Proverbs 13:7
  10. 10 Deuteronomy 25:4; Genesis 33:13–14; Numbers 22:28–32; James 2:13–16; 1 John 3:17
  11. 11 Proverbs 28:19; Proverbs 14:23; 1 Thessalonians 4:11–12; Psalm 128:2; Ephesians 4:28
  12. 12 Jeremiah 17:7–8; Luke 8:13–15; Psalm 1:3; John 15:5; Proverbs 29:5–6
  13. 13 Proverbs 21:23; Proverbs 11:8; Psalm 64:8; Daniel 6:24; Proverbs 6:2
  14. 14 Proverbs 18:20–21; Isaiah 3:10–11; Proverbs 13:2; Psalm 63:5; Proverbs 15:23
  15. 15 Proverbs 3:7; Proverbs 19:20; Proverbs 14:16; Proverbs 26:12; Proverbs 16:2
  16. 16 Proverbs 29:11; James 1:19; Proverbs 10:12; Proverbs 17:9; Proverbs 25:28
  17. 17 Proverbs 14:25; Proverbs 14:5; Proverbs 24:28; Proverbs 6:19; Proverbs 19:5
  18. 18 Proverbs 16:24; Proverbs 15:4; Proverbs 10:20–21; Psalm 57:4; James 3:6–8
  19. 19 Proverbs 19:9; Psalm 52:4–5; Job 20:5; Zechariah 1:4–6; Acts 5:3–10
  20. 20 Matthew 5:9; 1 Peter 3:8–13; Mark 7:21–22; Jeremiah 17:16; Zechariah 6:13
  21. 21 1 Peter 3:13; Psalm 91:10; Romans 8:28; Revelation 18:6; Jeremiah 13:12–14
  22. 22 Psalm 5:6; Proverbs 11:20; Revelation 22:15; Proverbs 6:16–17; Jeremiah 9:24
  23. 23 Proverbs 13:16; Proverbs 11:13; Proverbs 10:19; Proverbs 10:14; Proverbs 15:2
  24. 24 Proverbs 12:27; Proverbs 10:4; Proverbs 21:25–26; Proverbs 13:4; Proverbs 19:15
  25. 25 Proverbs 16:24; Proverbs 15:13; Proverbs 17:22; Isaiah 50:4; Proverbs 15:23
  26. 26 1 John 2:26; James 1:13–14; Proverbs 17:27; Matthew 5:46–48; Psalm 18:12–13
  27. 27 Proverbs 13:4; Proverbs 26:15; Psalm 37:16
  28. 28 3 John 11; Romans 5:21; Ezekiel 18:20–24; Proverbs 11:19; Titus 2:11–12

Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences

What the Fathers said

Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).

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  1. Quotes verse 12:10 John of Damascus, An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith (Book IV, Chapters XXI–XXIII)

    … God, knowing the denseness of the Israelites and their carnal love and propensity towards matter in everything, made this law: first, in order that the servant and the cattle should rest as it is written, for the righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: next, in order that when they take their ease from the distraction of material …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 9 (1899)