<vn='1'>Whoso <sn="157">loveth</s><sn="4148">instruction</s><sn="157">loveth</s><sn="1847">knowledge</s>: but he that <sn="8130">hateth</s><sn="8433">reproof</s> is <sn="1198">brutish</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>A <sn="2896">good</s> man <sn="6329">obtaineth</s><sn="7522">favor</s> of the <sn="4480 3068">LORD</s>: but a <sn="376">man</s> of wicked <sn="4209">devices</s> will he <sn="7561">condemn</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>A <sn="120">man</s> shall <sn="3808">not</s> be <sn="3559">established</s> by <sn="7562">wickedness</s>: but the <sn="8328">root</s> of the <sn="6662">righteous</s> shall <sn="1077">not</s> be <sn="4131">moved</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>A <sn="2428">virtuous</s><sn="802">woman</s> is a <sn="5850">crown</s> to her <sn="1167">husband</s>: but she that maketh <sn="954">ashamed</s> is as <sn="7538">rottenness</s> in his <sn="6106">bones</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>The <sn="4284">thoughts</s> of the <sn="6662">righteous</s> are <sn="4941">right</s>: but the <sn="8458">counsels</s> of the <sn="7563">wicked</s> are <sn="4820">deceit</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>The <sn="1697">words</s> of the <sn="7563">wicked</s> are to lie in <sn="693">wait</s> for <sn="1818">blood</s>: but the <sn="6310">mouth</s> of the <sn="3477">upright</s> shall <sn="5337">deliver</s> them. </v>
<vn='7'>The <sn="7563">wicked</s> are <sn="2015">overthrown</s>, and are <sn="369">not</s>: but the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="6662">righteous</s> shall <sn="5975">stand</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>A <sn="376">man</s> shall be <sn="1984">commended</s><sn="6310">according</s> to his <sn="7922">wisdom</s>: but he that is of a <sn="5753">perverse</s><sn="3820">heart</s> shall <sn="1961">be</s><sn="937">despised</s>. </v>
<vn='9'> He that is <sn="7034">despised</s>, and hath a <sn="5650">servant</s>, is <sn="2896">better</s> than he that honoreth <sn="4480 3513">himself</s>, and <sn="2638">lacketh</s><sn="3899">bread</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>A <sn="6662">righteous</s> man <sn="3045">regardeth</s> the <sn="5315">life</s> of his <sn="929">beast</s>: but the tender <sn="7356">mercies</s> of the <sn="7563">wicked</s> are <sn="394">cruel</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>He that <sn="5647">tilleth</s> his <sn="127">land</s> shall be <sn="7646">satisfied</s> with <sn="3899">bread</s>: but he that <sn="7291">followeth</s><sn="7386">vain</s> persons is <sn="2638">void</s> of <sn="3820">understanding</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>The <sn="7563">wicked</s><sn="2530">desireth</s> the <sn="4685">net</s> of <sn="7451">evil</s> men: but the <sn="8328">root</s> of the <sn="6662">righteous</s><sn="5414">yieldeth</s> fruit. </v>
<vn='13'>The <sn="7451">wicked</s> is <sn="4170">snared</s> by the <sn="6588">transgression</s> of his <sn="8193">lips</s>: but the <sn="6662">just</s> shall come <sn="3318">out</s> of <sn="4480 6869">trouble</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>A <sn="376">man</s> shall be <sn="7646">satisfied</s> with <sn="2896">good</s> by the <sn="4480 6529">fruit</s> of his <sn="6310">mouth</s>: and the <sn="1576">recompense</s> of a <sn="120">man</s> 's <sn="3027">hands</s> shall be <sn="7725">rendered</s> unto him. </v>
<vn='15'>The <sn="1870">way</s> of a <sn="191">fool</s> is <sn="3477">right</s> in his own <sn="5869">eyes</s>: but he that <sn="8085">hearkeneth</s> unto <sn="6098">counsel</s> is <sn="2450">wise</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>A <sn="191">fool</s> 's <sn="3708">wrath</s> is <sn="3117">presently</s><sn="3045">known</s>: but a <sn="6175">prudent</s> man <sn="3680">covereth</s><sn="7036">shame</s>. </v>
<vn='17'> He that <sn="6315">speaketh</s><sn="530">truth</s> showeth <sn="5046">forth</s><sn="6664">righteousness</s>: but a <sn="8267">false</s><sn="5707">witness</s><sn="4820">deceit</s>. </v>
<vn='18'>There <sn="3426">is</s> that <sn="981">speaketh</s> like the <sn="4094">piercings</s> of a <sn="2719">sword</s>: but the <sn="3956">tongue</s> of the <sn="2450">wise</s> is <sn="4832">health</s>. </v>
<vn='19'>The <sn="8193">lip</s> of <sn="571">truth</s> shall be <sn="3559">established</s><sn="5703">forever</s>: <sn="5704">but</s> a <sn="8267">lying</s><sn="3956">tongue</s> is but for a <sn="7280">moment</s>. </v>
<vn='20'><sn="4820">Deceit</s> is in the <sn="3820">heart</s> of them that <sn="2790">imagine</s><sn="7451">evil</s>: but to the <sn="3289">counselors</s> of <sn="7965">peace</s> is <sn="8057">joy</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>There shall <sn="3808 3605">no</s><sn="205">evil</s><sn="579">happen</s> to the <sn="6662">just</s>: but the <sn="7563">wicked</s> shall be <sn="4390">filled</s> with <sn="7451">mischief</s>. </v>
<vn='22'><sn="8267">Lying</s><sn="8193">lips</s> are <sn="8441">abomination</s> to the <sn="3068">LORD</s>: but they that <sn="6213">deal</s><sn="530">truly</s> are his <sn="7522">delight</s>. </v>
<vn='23'>A <sn="6175">prudent</s><sn="120">man</s><sn="3680">concealeth</s><sn="1847">knowledge</s>: but the <sn="3820">heart</s> of <sn="3684">fools</s><sn="7121">proclaimeth</s><sn="200">foolishness</s>. </v>
<vn='24'>The <sn="3027">hand</s> of the <sn="2742">diligent</s> shall bear <sn="4910">rule</s>: but the <sn="7423">slothful</s> shall <sn="1961">be</s> under <sn="4522">tribute</s>. </v>
<vn='25'><sn="1674">Heaviness</s> in the <sn="3820">heart</s> of <sn="376">man</s> maketh it <sn="7812">stoop</s>: but a <sn="2896">good</s><sn="1697">word</s> maketh it <sn="8055">glad</s>. </v>
<vn='26'>The <sn="6662">righteous</s> is more <sn="8446">excellent</s> than his <sn="4480 7453">neighbor</s>: but the <sn="1870">way</s> of the <sn="7563">wicked</s><sn="8582">seduceth</s> them. </v>
<vn='27'>The <sn="7423">slothful</s> man <sn="2760">roasteth</s><sn="3808">not</s> that which he took in <sn="6718">hunting</s>: but the <sn="1952">substance</s> of a <sn="2742">diligent</s><sn="120">man</s> is <sn="3368">precious</s>. </v>
<vn='28'>In the <sn="734">way</s> of <sn="6666">righteousness</s> is <sn="2416">life</s>; and in the <sn="1870 5410">pathway</s> thereof there is <sn="408">no</s><sn="4194">death</s>. </v>