Proverbs 14 :: Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

Contrast the Upright and the Wicked

Pro 14:1

Pro 14:1Every wise woman hath builded her house, And the foolish with her hands breaketh it down.

Pro 14:2

Pro 14:2Whoso is walking in his uprightness is fearing Jehovah, And the perverted in his ways is despising Him.

Pro 14:3

Pro 14:3In the mouth of a fool is a rod of pride, And the lips of the wise preserve them.

Pro 14:4

Pro 14:4Without oxen a stall is clean, And great is the increase by the power of the ox.

Pro 14:5

Pro 14:5A faithful witness lieth not, And a false witness breatheth out lies.

Pro 14:6

Pro 14:6A scorner hath sought wisdom, and it is not, And knowledge to the intelligent is easy.

Pro 14:7

Pro 14:7Go from before a foolish man, Or thou hast not known the lips of knowledge.

Pro 14:8

Pro 14:8The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way, And the folly of fools is deceit.

Pro 14:9

Pro 14:9Fools mock at a guilt-offering, And among the upright -- a pleasing thing.

Pro 14:10

Pro 14:10The heart knoweth its own bitterness, And with its joy a stranger doth not intermeddle.

Pro 14:11

Pro 14:11The house of the wicked is destroyed, And the tent of the upright flourisheth.

Pro 14:12

Pro 14:12There is a way -- right before a man, And its latter end are ways of death.

Pro 14:13

Pro 14:13Even in laughter is the heart pained, And the latter end of joy is affliction.

Pro 14:14

Pro 14:14From his ways is the backslider in heart filled, And a good man -- from his fruits.

Pro 14:15

Pro 14:15The simple giveth credence to everything, And the prudent attendeth to his step.

Pro 14:16

Pro 14:16The wise is fearing and turning from evil, And a fool is transgressing and is confident.

Pro 14:17

Pro 14:17Whoso is short of temper doth folly, And a man of wicked devices is hated.

Pro 14:18

Pro 14:18The simple have inherited folly, And the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

Pro 14:19

Pro 14:19The evil have bowed down before the good, And the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

Pro 14:20

Pro 14:20Even of his neighbour is the poor hated, And those loving the rich are many.

Pro 14:21

Pro 14:21Whoso is despising his neighbour sinneth, Whoso is favouring the humble, O his happiness.

Pro 14:22

Pro 14:22Do not they err who are devising evil? And kindness and truth are to those devising good,

Pro 14:23

Pro 14:23In all labour there is advantage, And a thing of the lips is only to want.

Pro 14:24

Pro 14:24The crown of the wise is their wealth, The folly of fools is folly.

Pro 14:25

Pro 14:25A true witness is delivering souls, And a deceitful one breatheth out lies.

Pro 14:26

Pro 14:26In the fear of Jehovah is strong confidence, And to His sons there is a refuge.

Pro 14:27

Pro 14:27The fear of Jehovah is a fountain of life, To turn aside from snares of death.

Pro 14:28

Pro 14:28In the multitude of a people is the honour of a king, And in lack of people the ruin of a prince.

Pro 14:29

Pro 14:29Whoso is slow to anger is of great understanding, And whoso is short in temper is exalting folly.

Pro 14:30

Pro 14:30A healed heart is life to the flesh, And rottenness to the bones is envy.

Pro 14:31

Pro 14:31An oppressor of the poor reproacheth his Maker, And whoso is honouring Him Is favouring the needy.

Pro 14:32

Pro 14:32In his wickedness is the wicked driven away, And trustful in his death is the righteous.

Pro 14:33

Pro 14:33In the heart of the intelligent wisdom doth rest. And in the midst of fools it is known.

Pro 14:34

Pro 14:34Righteousness exalteth a nation, And the goodliness of peoples is a sin-offering.

Pro 14:35

Pro 14:35The favour of a king is to a wise servant, And an object of his wrath is one causing shame!

The Young's Literal Translation was translated by Robert Young, who believed in a strictly literal translation of God's word. This version of the Bible is in the public domain.

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Proverbs 14 :: Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

Contrast the Upright and the Wicked

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