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Proverbs 14 :: Bible in Basic English (BBE)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:1 - Wisdom is building her house, but the foolish woman is pulling it down with her hands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:2 - He who goes on his way in righteousness has before him the fear of the Lord; but he whose ways are twisted gives him no honour.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:3 - In the mouth of the foolish man is a rod for his back, but the lips of the wise will keep them safe.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:4 - Where there are no oxen, their food-place is clean; but much increase comes through the strength of the ox.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:5 - A true witness does not say what is false, but a false witness is breathing out deceit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:6 - The hater of authority, searching for wisdom, does not get it; but knowledge comes readily to the open-minded man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:7 - Go away from the foolish man, for you will not see the lips of knowledge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:8 - The wisdom of the man of good sense makes his way clear; but the unwise behaviour of the foolish is deceit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:9 - In the tents of those hating authority there is error, but in the house of the upright man there is grace.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:10 - No one has knowledge of a man's grief but himself; and a strange person has no part in his joy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:11 - The house of the sinner will be overturned, but the tent of the upright man will do well.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:12 - There is a way which seems straight before a man, but its end is the ways of death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:13 - Even while laughing the heart may be sad; and after joy comes sorrow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:14 - He whose heart is turned away will have the reward of his ways in full measure; but a good man will have the reward of his doings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:15 - The simple man has faith in every word, but the man of good sense gives thought to his footsteps.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:16 - The wise man, fearing, keeps himself from evil; but the foolish man goes on in his pride, with no thought of danger.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:17 - He who is quickly angry will do what is foolish, but the man of good sense will have quiet.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:18 - Foolish behaviour is the heritage of the simple, but men of good sense are crowned with knowledge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:19 - The knees of the evil are bent before the good; and sinners go down in the dust at the doors of the upright.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:20 - The poor man is hated even by his neighbour, but the man of wealth has numbers of friends.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:21 - He who has no respect for his neighbour is a sinner, but he who has pity for the poor is happy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:22 - Will not the designers of evil come into error? But mercy and good faith are for the designers of good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:23 - In all hard work there is profit, but talk only makes a man poor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:24 - Their wisdom is a crown to the wise, but their foolish behaviour is round the head of the unwise.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:25 - A true witness is the saviour of lives; but he who says false things is a cause of deceit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:26 - For him in whose heart is the fear of the Lord there is strong hope: and his children will have a safe place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:27 - The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, by which one may be turned from the nets of death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:28 - A king's glory is in the number of his people: and for need of people a ruler may come to destruction.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:29 - He who is slow to be angry has great good sense; but he whose spirit is over-quick gives support to what is foolish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:30 - A quiet mind is the life of the body, but envy is a disease in the bones.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:31 - He who is hard on the poor puts shame on his Maker; but he who has mercy on those who are in need gives him honour.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:32 - The sinner is overturned in his evil-doing, but the upright man has hope in his righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:33 - Wisdom has her resting-place in the mind of the wise, but she is not seen among the foolish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:34 - By righteousness a nation is lifted up, but sin is a cause of shame to the peoples.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:35 - The king has pleasure in a servant who does wisely, but his wrath is against him who is a cause of shame.
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