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Wise Conduct, Diligence, and Righteous Speech

Proverbs 12:1-28

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Chapter 12
1 He who loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates rebuke is a fool. 2 A good man will produce favor from the LORD, but he will condemn a man of schemes. 3 A man will not be established by wickedness, but the root of the righteous will not be shaken. 4 A woman of power/strength is the crown of her owner/master, but like decay in his bones is a shame. 5 The thoughts of the righteous are justice; the schemes of the wicked are deceit. 6 The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood, and the mouth of the upright saves them. 7 The wicked are overturned, and they are no more, but the house of the righteous stands. 8 A man will be praised according to his wisdom, but a perverse heart will be held in contempt. 9 Better to be despised and have a servant than to be honored and lack bread. 10 The righteous knows the soul of his beast, but the mercies of the wicked are cruel. 11 He who serves his land will be sated with bread, but a pursuer of empties is a lacker of heart. 12 The wicked desires the snare of evils, but the root of the righteous gives. 13 In the transgression of lips is a snare of evil, and the righteous went out from distress. 14 From the fruit of a man's mouth, he will be sated with good, and the recompense of the hands of Adam will return to him. 15 The way of a fool is upright in his own eyes, but he hears the counsel of a wise one. 16 A fool's anger is known on that day, and he covers his naked shame. 17 He who breathes faithfulness makes righteousness known, but a witness of lies is deceit. 18 There is rashness like sword-stabbings, and the tongue of wise men is healing. 19 The lip of truth endures forever, but the tongue of falsehood endures to Edom. 20 Deceit in the heart of the deaf ones of evil and to the counselors of peace, joy. 21 No trouble will happen to the righteous, but the wicked are filled with evil. 22 Lying lips are an abomination to the LORD, but those who act faithfully are his favor. 23 The prudent person covers knowledge, and the heart of fools calls folly. 24 The hand of the diligent will rule, and deceitfulness will be for forced labor. 25 Anxiety in a man's heart weighs it down, but a good word gladdens it. 26 The righteous person is more excellent than his friend, and the way of the wicked leads them astray. 27 He does not roast his deceitful hunt, and the wealth of a precious man is determined. 28 In the path of righteousness there is life, and in its path there is no death.