### Darby's English Translation

Proverbs 13

## The Proverbs

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| # Chapter 14
| The wisdom of women buildeth their house; but folly plucketh it down with her hands.
| He that walketh in his uprightness feareth Jehovah; but he that is perverted in his ways despiseth him.
| In the fool's mouth is a rod of pride; but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
| Where no oxen are, the crib is clean; but much increase is by the strength of the ox.
| A faithful witness will not lie; but a false witness uttereth lies.
| A scorner seeketh wisdom, and there is none [for him]; but knowledge is easy unto the intelligent.
| Go from the presence of a foolish man, in whom thou perceivest not the lips of knowledge.
| The wisdom of the prudent is to discern his way; but the folly of the foolish is deceit.
| Fools make a mock at trespass; but for the upright there is favour.
| The heart knoweth its own bitterness, and a stranger doth not intermeddle with its joy.
| The house of the wicked shall be overthrown; but the tent of the upright shall flourish.
| There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof is the ways of death.
| Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful, and the end of mirth is sadness.
| The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways, and the good man from what is in himself.
| The simple believeth every word; but the prudent [man] heedeth his going.
| A wise [man] feareth and departeth from evil; but the foolish is overbearing and confident.
| He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly, and a man of mischievous devices is hated.
| The simple inherit folly; but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
| The evil bow before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous [man].
| He that is poor is hated even of his own neighbour; but the rich hath many friends.
| He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth; but he that is gracious to the afflicted, happy is he.
| Do they not err that devise evil? but loving-kindness and truth are for those that devise good.
| In all labour there is profit; but the talk of the lips [tendeth] only to want.
| The crown of the wise is their riches; the folly of the foolish is folly.
| A true witness delivereth souls; but deceit uttereth lies.
| In the fear of Jehovah is strong confidence, and his children shall have a place of refuge.
| The fear of Jehovah is a fountain of life, to turn away from the snares of death.
| In the multitude of people is the king's glory; but in the lack of people is the ruin of a prince.
| He that is slow to anger is of great understanding; but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
| A sound heart is the life of the flesh; but envy the rottenness of the bones.
| He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker; but he that honoureth Him is gracious to the needy.
| The wicked is driven away by his evil-doing; but the righteous trusteth, [even] in his death.
| Wisdom resteth in the heart of the intelligent [man]; but that which is in the foolish maketh itself known.
| Righteousness exalteth a nation; but sin is a reproach to peoples.
| The king's favour is toward a wise servant; but his wrath is [against] him that causeth shame.

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