1Every wise woman builds her house, but the foolish plucks it down with her hands. 2He that walks in his uprightness fears the LORD, but [he that is] perverse in his ways despises him. 3In the mouth of the foolish [is] a rod of pride, but the lips of the wise shall preserve them. 4Without oxen, the storehouse [is] clean, but by the strength of the ox there is abundance of bread. 5The true witness will not lie, but the false witness will utter lies. 6The scorner sought wisdom and [found it] not, but wisdom [comes] easy unto him that understands. 7Go from the presence of the foolish man when thou dost not perceive [in him] the lips of knowledge. 8The wisdom of the sane [is] to understand his way, but the folly of fools [is] deceit. 9Fools speak sin unto themselves, but among the righteous [there is] love. 10The heart knows the bitterness of his soul, and a stranger shall not intermeddle with his joy. 11The house of the wicked shall be made desolate, but the tent of the upright shall flourish. 12There is a way which seems right unto a man, but the end thereof [are] the ways of death. 13Even in laughter, [the scorner] has pain in his heart, and the end of that mirth [is] heaviness. 14The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways, and the good man [shall be separated] from him. 15The simple believes every word, but the prudent [man] understands his steps. 16The wise [man] fears and departs from evil, but the fool rages and is confident. 17[He that is] soon angry shall deal foolishly, and the man of wicked devices shall be hated. 18The simple shall inherit folly, but the prudent shall be crowned with wisdom. 19Those [who are] evil shall bow before those [who are] good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous. 20The poor is hated even of his own neighbour, but many are those who love the rich. 21The sinner despises his neighbour, but he that has mercy on the poor is blessed. 22Do they not err that meditate upon evil? but those that meditate upon good shall attain mercy and truth. 23In all labour there is fruit, but to talk and not do, brings poverty. 24The crown of the wise [is] their wisdom, [but] that which distinguishes fools [is their] folly. 25The true witness delivers souls, but the deceitful [one] speaks lies. 26In the fear of the LORD [is] strong confidence, and [there] his sons shall have hope. 27The fear of the LORD [is a] fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death. 28In the multitude of the people [is] the king's glory, but in the failure of the people [is] the weakness of the prince. 29He [that is] slow to wrath [is] of great intelligence, but [he that is] short of spirit exalts folly. 30A sound heart [is] life to the flesh, but envy [is] rottenness of the bones. 31He that oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker, but he that has mercy on the poor, honours him. 32For his wickedness shall the wicked be cast out, but the righteous in his death has hope. 33Wisdom shall rest in the heart of him that is sane and is made known in the midst of the fools. 34Righteousness exalts a people, but sin [is] a reproach to the nations. 35The king's favour [is] toward the wise servant, but his wrath is [against] him that causes shame.: