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PROVERBS
12.5
- 18The wicked earneth deceitful wages;
- But he that soweth righteousness hath a sure reward.
- 19Stedfast righteousness tendeth to life;
- But he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death.
- 20They that are perverse in heart are an abomination to the Lord;
- But such as are upright in their way are His delight.
- 21My hand upon it! the evil man shall not be unpunished;
- But the seed of the righteous shall escape.
- 22As a ring of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman that turneth aside from discretion.
- 23The desire of the righteous is only good;
- But the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
- 24There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth;
- And there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth only to want.
- 25The beneficent soul shall be made rich,
- And he that satisfieth abundantly shall be satisfied also himself.
- 26He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him;
- But blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it.
- 27He that diligently seeketh good seeketh favour;
- But he that searcheth for evil, it shall come unto him.
- 28He that trusteth in his riches shall fall;
- But the righteous shall flourish as foliage.
- 29He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind;
- And the foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart.
- 30The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life;
- And he that is wise winneth souls.
- 31Behold, the righteous shall be requited in the earth;
- How much more the wicked and the sinner!
- 12 Whoso loveth knowledge loveth correction;
- But he that is brutish hateth reproof.
- 2A good man shall obtain favour of the Lord;
- But a man of wicked devices will He condemn.
- 3A man shall not be established by wickedness;
- But the root of the righteous shall never be moved.
- 4A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband;
- But she that doeth shamefully is as rottenness in his bones.
- 5The thoughts of the righteous are right;
- But the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
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