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Proverbs 12:1-10

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

1 Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but whoever hates correction is stupid.

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

2 Good people obtain favor from the LORD, but he condemns those who devise wicked schemes.

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

3 No one can be established through wickedness, but the righteous cannot be uprooted.

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

4 A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown, but a disgraceful wife is like decay in his bones.

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

5 The plans 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 lie 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 stands firm.

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

8 A person is praised according to their prudence, and one with a warped mind is despised.

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

9 Better to be a nobody and yet have a servant than pretend to be somebody and have no food.

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

10 The righteous care for the needs of their animals, but the kindest acts of the wicked are cruel.

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