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Proverbs 12 :: King James Version (KJV)

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Contrast the Upright and the Wicked

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Pro 12:1 - Whoso loveth^H157 instruction^H4148 loveth^H157 knowledge:^H1847 but he that hateth^H8130 reproof^H8433 is brutish.^H1198

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Pro 12:2 - A good^H2896 man obtaineth^H6329 favour^H7522 of the LORD:^H3068 but a man^H376 of wicked devices^H4209 will he condemn.^H7561

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Pro 12:3 - A man^H120 shall not be established^H3559 by wickedness:^H7562 but the root^H8328 of the righteous^H6662 shall not be moved.^H4131

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Pro 12:4 - A virtuous^H2428 woman^H802 is a crown^H5850 to her husband:^H1167 but she that maketh ashamed^H954 is as rottenness^H7538 in his bones.^H6106

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Pro 12:5 - The thoughts^H4284 of the righteous^H6662 are right:^H4941 but the counsels^H8458 of the wicked^H7563 are deceit.^H4820

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Pro 12:6 - The words^H1697 of the wicked^H7563 are to lie in wait^H693 for blood:^H1818 but the mouth^H6310 of the upright^H3477 shall deliver^H5337 them.

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Pro 12:7 - The wicked^H7563 are overthrown,^H2015 and are not: but the house^H1004 of the righteous^H6662 shall stand.^H5975

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Pro 12:8 - A man^H376 shall be commended^H1984 according^H6310 to his wisdom:^H7922 but he that is of a perverse^H5753 heart^H3820 shall be despised.^H937

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Pro 12:9 - He that is despised,^H7034 and hath a servant,^H5650 is better^H2896 than he that honoureth^H3513 himself, and lacketh^H2638 bread.^H3899

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Pro 12:10 - A righteous^H6662 man regardeth^H3045 the life^H5315 of his beast:^H929 but the tender mercies^H7356 of the wicked^H7563 are cruel.^H394

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Pro 12:11 - He that tilleth^H5647 his land^H127 shall be satisfied^H7646 with bread:^H3899 but he that followeth^H7291 vain^H7386 persons is void^H2638 of understanding.^H3820

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Pro 12:12 - The wicked^H7563 desireth^H2530 the net^H4685 of evil^H7451 men: but the root^H8328 of the righteous^H6662 yieldeth^H5414 fruit.

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Pro 12:13 - The wicked^H7451 is snared^H4170 by the transgression^H6588 of his lips:^H8193 but the just^H6662 shall come out^H3318 of trouble.^H6869

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Pro 12:14 - A man^H376 shall be satisfied^H7646 with good^H2896 by the fruit^H6529 of his mouth:^H6310 and the recompence^H1576 of a man's^H120 hands^H3027 shall be rendered^H7725^H7725 unto him.

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Pro 12:15 - The way^H1870 of a fool^H191 is right^H3477 in his own eyes:^H5869 but he that hearkeneth^H8085 unto counsel^H6098 is wise.^H2450

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Pro 12:16 - A fool's^H191 wrath^H3708 is presently^H3117 known:^H3045 but a prudent^H6175 man covereth^H3680 shame.^H7036

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Pro 12:17 - He that speaketh^H6315 truth^H530 sheweth forth^H5046 righteousness:^H6664 but a false^H8267 witness^H5707 deceit.^H4820

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Pro 12:18 - There is^H3426 that speaketh^H981 like the piercings^H4094 of a sword:^H2719 but the tongue^H3956 of the wise^H2450 is health.^H4832

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Pro 12:19 - The lip^H8193 of truth^H571 shall be established^H3559 for ever:^H5703 but a lying^H8267 tongue^H3956 is but for a moment.^H7280

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Pro 12:20 - Deceit^H4820 is in the heart^H3820 of them that imagine^H2790 evil:^H7451 but to the counsellors^H3289 of peace^H7965 is joy.^H8057

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Pro 12:21 - There shall no evil^H205 happen^H579 to the just:^H6662 but the wicked^H7563 shall be filled^H4390 with mischief.^H7451

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Pro 12:22 - Lying^H8267 lips^H8193 are abomination^H8441 to the LORD:^H3068 but they that deal^H6213 truly^H530 are his delight.^H7522

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Pro 12:23 - A prudent^H6175 man^H120 concealeth^H3680 knowledge:^H1847 but the heart^H3820 of fools^H3684 proclaimeth^H7121 foolishness.^H200

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Pro 12:24 - The hand^H3027 of the diligent^H2742 shall bear rule:^H4910 but the slothful^H7423 shall be under tribute.^H4522

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Pro 12:25 - Heaviness^H1674 in the heart^H3820 of man^H376 maketh it stoop:^H7812 but a good^H2896 word^H1697 maketh it glad.^H8055

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Pro 12:26 - The righteous^H6662 is more excellent^H8446 than his neighbour:^H7453 but the way^H1870 of the wicked^H7563 seduceth^H8582 them.

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Pro 12:27 - The slothful^H7423 man roasteth^H2760 not that which he took in hunting:^H6718 but the substance^H1952 of a diligent^H2742 man^H120 is precious.^H3368

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Pro 12:28 - In the way^H734 of righteousness^H6666 is life;^H2416 and in the pathway^H5410^H1870 thereof there is no death.^H4194

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