Proverbs 10, side by side

¹The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son grief to his mother.

¹The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.

²Ill-gotten treasures profit nothing, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.

²Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.

³The LORD does not let the righteous go hungry, but He denies the craving of the wicked.

³The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.

⁴Idle hands make one poor, but diligent hands bring wealth.

⁴He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

⁵He who gathers in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son.

⁵He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.

⁶Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

⁶Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

⁷The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.

⁷The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.

⁸A wise heart will receive commandments, but foolish lips will come to ruin.

⁸The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.

⁹He who walks in integrity walks securely, but he who perverts his ways will be found out.

⁹He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.

¹⁰He who winks the eye causes grief, and foolish lips will come to ruin.

¹⁰He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.

¹¹The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

¹¹The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

¹²Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers all transgressions.

¹²Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.

¹³Wisdom is found on the lips of the discerning, but a rod is for the back of him who lacks judgment.

¹³In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.

¹⁴The wise store up knowledge, but the mouth of the fool invites destruction.

¹⁴Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.

¹⁵The wealth of the rich man is his fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor.

¹⁵The rich man’s wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.

¹⁶The labor of the righteous leads to life, but the gain of the wicked brings punishment.

¹⁶The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.

¹⁷Whoever heeds instruction is on the path to life, but he who ignores reproof goes astray.

¹⁷He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.

¹⁸The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever spreads slander is a fool.

¹⁸He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.

¹⁹When words are many, sin is unavoidable, but he who restrains his lips is wise.

¹⁹In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.

²⁰The tongue of the righteous is choice silver, but the heart of the wicked has little worth.

²⁰The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth.

²¹The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of judgment.

²¹The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.

²²The blessing of the LORD enriches, and He adds no sorrow to it.

²²The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.

²³The fool delights in shameful conduct, but a man of understanding has wisdom.

²³It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.

²⁴What the wicked man dreads will overtake him, but the desire of the righteous will be granted.

²⁴The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.

²⁵When the whirlwind passes, the wicked are no more, but the righteous are secure forever.

²⁵As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.

²⁶Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, so is the slacker to those who send him.

²⁶As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.

²⁷The fear of the LORD prolongs life, but the years of the wicked will be cut short.

²⁷The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.

²⁸The hope of the righteous is joy, but the expectations of the wicked will perish.

²⁸The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.

²⁹The way of the LORD is a refuge to the upright, but destruction awaits those who do evil.

²⁹The way of the LORD is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.

³⁰The righteous will never be shaken, but the wicked will not inhabit the land.

³⁰The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.

³¹The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, but a perverse tongue will be cut out.

³¹The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out.

³²The lips of the righteous know what is fitting, but the mouth of the wicked is perverse.

³²The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness.