Proverbs 10:9-19

9 He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known .
10 He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall .
11 The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
12 Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
13 In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found : but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.
14 Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.
15 The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.
16 The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.
17 He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth .
18 He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.
19 In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise .

Footnotes 3

  • [a]. fall: Heb. be beaten
  • [b]. of understanding: Heb. of heart
  • [c]. erreth: or, causeth to err
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