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Proverbs 12 :: King James Version (KJV)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:1 - Whoso loveth H157 instruction H4148 loveth H157 knowledge: H1847 but he that hateth H8130 reproof H8433 is brutish. H1198
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 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
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 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
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 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
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:5 - The thoughts H4284 of the righteous H6662 are right: H4941 but the counsels H8458 of the wicked H7563 are deceit. H4820
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:7 - The wicked H7563 are overthrown, H2015 and are not: but the house H1004 of the righteous H6662 shall stand. H5975
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 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
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 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
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 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
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 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
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 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
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 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
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:16 - A fool's H191 wrath H3708 is presently H3117 known: H3045 but a prudent H6175 man covereth H3680 shame. H7036
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:17 - He that speaketh H6315 truth H530 sheweth forth H5046 righteousness: H6664 but a false H8267 witness H5707 deceit. H4820
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 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
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 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
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 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
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:21 - There shall no evil H205 happen H579 to the just: H6662 but the wicked H7563 shall be filled H4390 with mischief. H7451
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:22 - Lying H8267 lips H8193 are abomination H8441 to the LORD: H3068 but they that deal H6213 truly H530 are his delight. H7522
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:23 - A prudent H6175 man H120 concealeth H3680 knowledge: H1847 but the heart H3820 of fools H3684 proclaimeth H7121 foolishness. H200
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:24 - The hand H3027 of the diligent H2742 shall bear rule: H4910 but the slothful H7423 shall be under tribute. H4522
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 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
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:26 - The righteous H6662 is more excellent H8446 than his neighbour: H7453 but the way H1870 of the wicked H7563 seduceth H8582 them.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 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
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 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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