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The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son [is] the heaviness of his mother (10:1)

Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death (10:2)

The Lord will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked (10:3)

He becometh poor that dealeth [with] a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich (10:4)

He that gathereth in summer [is] a wise son: [but] he that sleepeth in harvest [is] a son that causeth shame (10:5)

Blessings [are] upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked (10:6)

The memory of the just [is] blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot (10:7)

The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall (10:8)

He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known (10:9)

He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall (10:10)

The mouth of a righteous [man is] a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked (10:11)

Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins (10:12)

In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod [is] for the back of him that is void of understanding (10:13)

Wise [men] lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish [is] near destruction (10:14)

The rich man's wealth [is] his strong city: the destruction of the poor [is] their poverty (10:15)

The labour of the righteous [tendeth] to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin (10:16)

He [is in] the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth (10:17)

He that hideth hatred [with] lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, [is] a fool (10:18)

In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips [is] wise (10:19)

The tongue of the just [is as] choice silver: the heart of the wicked [is] little worth (10:20)

The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom (10:21)

The blessing of the Lord, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it (10:22)

[It is] as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom (10:23)

The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted (10:24)

As the whirlwind passeth, so [is] the wicked no [more]: but the righteous [is] an everlasting foundation (10:25)

As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so [is] the sluggard to them that send him (10:26)

The fear of the Lord prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened (10:27)

The hope of the righteous [shall be] gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish (10:28)

The way of the Lord [is] strength to the upright: but destruction [shall be] to the workers of iniquity (10:29)

The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth (10:30)

The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out (10:31)

The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked [speaketh] frowardness (10:32)

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