Proverbs 12:1-10

1 Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but whoever hates correction is stupid.
2 Good people obtain favor from the LORD, but he condemns those who devise wicked schemes.
3 No one can be established through wickedness, but the righteous cannot be uprooted.
4 A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown, but a disgraceful wife is like decay in his bones.
5 The plans of the righteous are just, but the advice of the wicked is deceitful.
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 no more, but the house of the righteous stands firm.
8 A person is praised according to their prudence, and one with a warped mind is despised.
9 Better to be a nobody and yet have a servant than pretend to be somebody and have no food.
10 The righteous care for the needs of their animals, but the kindest acts of the wicked are cruel.

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Cross References 11

  • 1. Proverbs 5:11-14; S Proverbs 9:7-9; Proverbs 13:1,18; Proverbs 15:5,10,12,32
  • 2. S Job 33:26; Psalms 84:11
  • 3. 2 Samuel 15:3; S Proverbs 11:20
  • 4. S Proverbs 10:25
  • 5. S Ruth 3:11; Proverbs 31:10-11
  • 6. Proverbs 18:22; Proverbs 14:30
  • 7. S Proverbs 11:9; Proverbs 14:3
  • 8. S Psalms 37:36
  • 9. S Proverbs 10:25; Proverbs 14:11; Proverbs 15:25
  • 10. Isaiah 19:14; Isaiah 29:24
  • 11. S Numbers 22:29
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