1The Parables(These are proverb sayings) of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father, but an indiscreet son is the heaviness of his mother.
2Treasures that are wickedly gotten, profit nothing, but righteousness delivereth from death.
3The LORD will not let the soul of the righteous suffer hunger, but he putteth the ungodly from his desire.
4An idle hand maketh poor, but a quick laboring hand maketh rich.
5Who so gathereth in summer is wise: but he that is sluggish in harvest, bringeth himself to confusion.
6Loving and favorable is the face of the righteous, but the forehead of the ungodly is past shame, and presumptuous.
7The memorial of the just shall have a good report, but the name of the ungodly shall stink.
8A wise man will receive warning, but a fool will sooner be smitten in the face.
9He that leadeth an innocent life, walketh surely: but who so goeth a wrong way, shall be known.
10He that winketh with his eye, will do some harm: but he that hath a foolish mouth shall be beaten.
11The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life, but the mouth of the ungodly is past shame, and presumptuous.
12Evil will stirreth up strife, but love covereth the multitude of sins.
13In the lips of him that hath understanding a man shall find wisdom, but the rod belongeth to the back of the foolish.
14Wise men lay up knowledge, but the mouth of the foolish is nigh destruction.
15The rich man's goods are his stronghold, but poverty oppresseth the poor.
16The righteous laboureth to do good, but the ungodly useth his increase unto sin.
17To take heed unto the chastening of nurture, is the way of life: but he that refuseth to be reformed, goeth wrong.
18Dissembling lips keep hatred secretly, and he that speaketh any slander, is a fool.
19Where much babbling is, there must needs be offense: he that refraineth his lips is wisest of all.
20An innocent tongue is a noble treasure, but the heart of the ungodly is nothing worth.
21The lips of the righteous feed a whole multitude, but fools shall die in their own folly.
22The blessing of the LORD, maketh rich men, as for careful travail, it doth nothing thereto.
23A fool doth wickedly and maketh but a sport of it: nevertheless it is wisdom for a man to beware of such.
24The thing that the ungodly are afraid of, shall come upon them, but the righteous shall have their desire.
25The ungodly is like a tempest that passeth over, and is no more seen, but the righteous remaineth sure forever.
26As vinegar is to the teeth, and as smoke is to the eyes, even so is a sluggish person to them that send him forth.
27The fear of the LORD maketh a long life, but the years of the ungodly shall be shortened.
28The patient abiding of the righteous shall be turned to gladness, but the hope of the ungodly shall perish.
29The way of the LORD giveth a courage unto the godly, but it is a fear for wicked doers.
30The righteous shall never be overthrown, but the ungodly shall not remain in the land.
31The mouth of the just will be talking of wisdom, but the tongue of the froward shall perish.
32The lips of the righteous are occupied in acceptable things, but the mouth of the ungodly taketh them to the worst.