### Douay Rheims Bible

Proverbs 9

## The Proverbs

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| # Chapter 10
#### 1 | A wise son maketh the father glad: but a foolish son is the sorrow of his mother.
#### 2 | Treasures of wickedness shall profit nothing: but justice shall deliver from death.
#### 3 | The Lord will not afflict the soul of the just with famine, and he will disappoint the deceitful practices of the wicked.
#### 4 | The slothful hand hath wrought poverty: but the hand of the industrious getteth riches. He that trusteth to lies feedeth the winds: and the same runneth after birds that fly away.
#### 5 | He that gathered in the harvest is a wise son: but he that snorteth in the summer, is the son of confusion.
#### 6 | The blessing of the Lord is upon the head of the just: but iniquity covereth the mouth of the wicked.
#### 7 | The memory of the just is with praises: and the name of the wicked shall rot.
#### 8 | The wise of heart receiveth precepts: a fool is beaten with lips.
#### 9 | He that walketh sincerely, walketh confidently: but he that perverteth his ways, shall be manifest.
#### 10 | He that winketh with the eye shall cause sorrow: and the foolish in lips shall be beaten.
#### 11 | The mouth of the just is a vein of life: and the mouth of the wicked covereth iniquity.
#### 12 | Hatred stirreth up strifes: and charity covereth all sins.
#### 13 | In the lips of the wise is wisdom found: and a rod on the back of him that wanteth sense.
#### 14 | Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the fool is next to confusion.
#### 15 | The substance of a rich man is the city of his strength: the fear of the poor is their poverty.
#### 16 | The work of the just is unto life: but the fruit of the wicked, unto sin.
#### 17 | The way of life, to him that observeth correction: but he that forsaketh reproofs goeth astray.
#### 18 | Lying lips hide hatred: he that uttereth reproach is foolish.
#### 19 | In the multitude of words there shall not want sin: but he that refraineth his lips is most wise.
#### 20 | The tongue of the just is as choice silver: but the heart of the wicked is nothing worth.
#### 21 | The lips of the just teach many: but they that are ignorant, shall die in the want of understanding.
#### 22 | The blessing of the Lord maketh men rich: neither shall affliction be joined to them.
#### 23 | A fool worketh mischief as it were for sport: but wisdom is prudence to a man.
#### 24 | That which the wicked feareth, shall come upon him: to the just their desire shall be given.
#### 25 | As a tempest that passeth, so the wicked shall be no more: but the just is as an everlasting foundation.
#### 26 | As vinegar to the teeth, and smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that sent him.
#### 27 | The fear of the Lord shall prolong days: and the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
#### 28 | The expectation of the just is joy; but the hope of the wicked shall perish.
#### 29 | The strength of the upright is the way of the Lord: and fear to them that work evil.
#### 30 | The just shall never be moved: but the wicked shall not dwell on the earth.
#### 31 | The mouth of the just shall bring forth wisdom: the tongue of the perverse shall perish.
#### 32 | The lips of the just consider what is acceptable: and the mouth of the wicked uttereth perverse things.

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