Proverbs 10

¹The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.SelectedProverbs 10:1CopyShareAsk

²Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.SelectedProverbs 10:2CopyShareAsk

³The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.SelectedProverbs 10:3CopyShareAsk

⁴He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.SelectedProverbs 10:4CopyShareAsk

⁵He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.SelectedProverbs 10:5CopyShareAsk

⁶Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.SelectedProverbs 10:6CopyShareAsk

⁷The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.SelectedProverbs 10:7CopyShareAsk

⁸The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.SelectedProverbs 10:8CopyShareAsk

⁹He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.SelectedProverbs 10:9CopyShareAsk

¹⁰He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.SelectedProverbs 10:10CopyShareAsk

¹¹The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.SelectedProverbs 10:11CopyShareAsk

¹²Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.SelectedProverbs 10:12CopyShareAsk

¹³In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.SelectedProverbs 10:13CopyShareAsk

¹⁴Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.SelectedProverbs 10:14CopyShareAsk

¹⁵The rich man’s wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.SelectedProverbs 10:15CopyShareAsk

¹⁶The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.SelectedProverbs 10:16CopyShareAsk

¹⁷He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.SelectedProverbs 10:17CopyShareAsk

¹⁸He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.SelectedProverbs 10:18CopyShareAsk

¹⁹In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.SelectedProverbs 10:19CopyShareAsk

²⁰The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth.SelectedProverbs 10:20CopyShareAsk

²¹The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.SelectedProverbs 10:21CopyShareAsk

²²The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.SelectedProverbs 10:22CopyShareAsk

²³It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.SelectedProverbs 10:23CopyShareAsk

²⁴The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.SelectedProverbs 10:24CopyShareAsk

²⁵As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.SelectedProverbs 10:25CopyShareAsk

²⁶As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.SelectedProverbs 10:26CopyShareAsk

²⁷The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.SelectedProverbs 10:27CopyShareAsk

²⁸The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.SelectedProverbs 10:28CopyShareAsk

²⁹The way of the LORD is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.SelectedProverbs 10:29CopyShareAsk

³⁰The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.SelectedProverbs 10:30CopyShareAsk

³¹The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out.SelectedProverbs 10:31CopyShareAsk

³²The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness.SelectedProverbs 10:32CopyShareAsk