### Darby's English Translation

Proverbs 11

## The Proverbs

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| # Chapter 12
| Whoso loveth discipline loveth knowledge, but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
| A good [man] obtaineth favour of Jehovah; but a man of mischievous devices will he condemn.
| A man shall not be established by wickedness; but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
| A woman of worth is a crown to her husband; but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
| The thoughts of the righteous are right; the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
| The words of the wicked are a lying-in-wait for blood; but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
| Overthrow the wicked, and they are no [more]; but the house of the righteous shall stand.
| A man is commended according to his wisdom; but he that is of a perverted heart shall be despised.
| Better is he that is lightly esteemed, and hath a servant, than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.
| A righteous man is concerned for the life of his beast; but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
| He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread; but he that followeth the worthless is void of understanding.
| The wicked desireth the net of evil [men]; but the root of the righteous yieldeth [fruit].
| In the transgression of the lips is an evil snare; but a righteous [man] shall go forth out of trouble.
| A man is satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth; and the recompense of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him.
| The way of a fool is right in his own eyes; but he that is wise hearkeneth unto counsel.
| The vexation of the fool is presently known; but a prudent [man] covereth shame.
| He that uttereth truth sheweth forth righteousness; but a false witness deceit.
| There is that babbleth like the piercings of a sword; but the tongue of the wise is health.
| The lip of truth shall be established for ever; but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
| Deceit is in the heart of them that devise evil; but to the counsellors of peace is joy.
| There shall no evil happen to a righteous [man]; but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.
| Lying lips are an abomination to Jehovah; but they that deal truly are his delight.
| A prudent man concealeth knowledge; but the heart of the foolish proclaimeth folly.
| The hand of the diligent shall bear rule; but the slothful [hand] shall be under tribute.
| Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop; but a good word maketh it glad.
| The righteous guideth his neighbour; but the way of the wicked misleadeth them.
| The slothful roasteth not what he took in hunting; but man's precious substance is to the diligent.
| In the path of righteousness is life, and in the pathway thereof there is no death.

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