Proverbs of Solomon
but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.
but righteousness delivers from death.
but he thwarts the craving of the wicked.
but diligent hands bring wealth.
but he who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son.
but violence overwhelms the mouth of the wicked.[a]
but the name of the wicked will rot.
but a chattering fool comes to ruin.
but whoever takes crooked paths will be found out.
and a chattering fool comes to ruin.
but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
but love covers over all wrongs.
but a rod is for the back of one who has no sense.
but the mouth of a fool invites ruin.
but poverty is the ruin of the poor.
but the earnings of the wicked are sin and death.
but whoever ignores correction leads others astray.
and spreads slander is a fool.
but the prudent hold their tongues.
but the heart of the wicked is of little value.
but fools die for lack of sense.
without painful toil for it.
but a person of understanding delights in wisdom.
what the righteous desire will be granted.
but the righteous stand firm forever.
so are sluggards to those who send them.
but the years of the wicked are cut short.
but the hopes of the wicked come to nothing.
but it is the ruin of those who do evil.
but the wicked will not remain in the land.
but a perverse tongue will be silenced.
but the mouth of the wicked only what is perverse.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 10:6 Or righteous, / but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence
- Proverbs 10:7 See Gen. 48:20.