### Noah Webster Bible

Proverbs 13

## The Proverbs

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| # Chapter 14
| Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.
| He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the LORD: but he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him.
| In the mouth of the foolish 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 will utter lies.
| A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy to him that understandeth.
| Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.
| The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.
| Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favor.
| 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 tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.
| There is a way which seemeth right to a man, but the end of it are the ways of death.
| Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.
| The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.
| The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going.
| A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.
| He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked 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.
| The poor is hated even by his own neighbor: but the rich hath many friends.
| He that despiseth his neighbor sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he.
| Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.
| In all labor there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
| The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.
| A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness speaketh lies.
| In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.
| The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
| In the multitude of people is the king's honor: but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.
| He that is slow to wrath 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 honoreth him hath mercy on the poor.
| The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.
| Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made known.
| Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.
| The king's favor is towards a wise servant: but his wrath is against him that causeth shame.

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