^14:1 Every wise woman builds her house, but a foolish woman plucks it down with her own hands.

    ^14:2 He who walks in his uprightness fears Jehovah, but he who is perverse in his ways despises him.

    ^14:3 A rod of pride is in the mouth of a fool, but the lips of the wise will preserve them.

    ^14:4 Where no oxen are, the crib is clean, but by the strength of the ox is much increase.

    ^14:5 A faithful witness will not lie, but a false witness breathes-out lies.

    ^14:6 A scoffer seeks wisdom and finds it not, but knowledge is easy to him who has understanding.

    ^14:7 Go into the presence of a foolish man and you will not perceive the lips of knowledge.

    ^14:8 The wisdom of a prudent man is to understand his way, but the folly of fools is deceit.

    ^14:9 Fools mock at sin, but among the upright there is good will.

    ^14:10 The heart knows its own bitterness and a stranger does not share with its joy.

    ^14:11 The house of the wicked will be overthrown, but the tent of the upright will flourish.

    ^14:12 There is a way which seems right to a man, but the end of it are the ways of death.

    ^14:13 Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful and the end of gladness is heaviness.

    ^14:14 The one who turns-back in heart will be filled with his own ways and a good man from his own fruits.

    ^14:15 A simple man believes every word, but the prudent man looks well to his going.

    ^14:16 A wise man fears and departs from evil, but the fool bears himself insolently and is confident.

    ^14:17 He who is soon angry will do folly. And a man of wicked devices is hated.

    ^14:18 The simple inherit folly, but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

    ^14:19 The evil bow down before the good and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

    ^14:20 The poor man is hated even by his own neighbor, but the rich man has many friends.

    ^14:21 He who despises his neighbor sins, but he who has pity on the poor, he is fortunate.

    ^14:22 Do they not go-astray, those who devise evil? But mercy and truth are to those who devise good.

    ^14:23 There is profit in all labor, but the talk of the lips tends only to poverty.

    ^14:24 The crown of the wise is their riches. The folly of fools is still folly.

    ^14:25 A true witness delivers souls, but he who breathes-out lies causes deceit.

    ^14:26 Strong confidence is in the fear of Jehovah and his sons will have a place of refuge.

    ^14:27 The fear of Jehovah is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

    ^14:28 The king's glory is in the multitude of people, but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.

    ^14:29 He who is slow to anger is of great understanding, but he who is hasty of spirit exalts folly.

    ^14:30 A tranquil heart is the life of the flesh, but envy is the rottenness of the bones.

    ^14:31 He who oppresses a poor man reproaches his maker, but he who has mercy on a needy man honors him.

    ^14:32 An evil man is thrust down in his evil-doing, but a righteous man has hope in his death.

    ^14:33 Wisdom rests in the heart of him who has understanding, but what is in the inward part of fools is made known.

    ^14:34 Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people.

    ^14:35 The king's favor is toward a servant who deals wisely, but his wrath will be to him who causes shame.