Wise women build houses, but the foolish one has torn down with her hands.
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Rahlfs Septuagint
Proverbs 14
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He who walks uprightly fears the Lord, but he who is crooked in his ways will be dishonored.
From the mouth of fools is a rod of insolence, but the lips of the wise guard them.
Where there are no oxen, the stalls are clean, but where there are many produce, the strength of an ox is evident.
A faithful witness does not lie, but an unjust witness kindles lies.
You will seek wisdom among the wicked, and you will not find it; but understanding is easy among the prudent.
All things are opposed to a foolish man, but the lips of understanding are weapons of wisdom.
The wisdom of the shrewd will understand their ways, but the folly of fools is in error.
The houses of the lawless will owe purification, but the houses of the righteous are acceptable.
The heart knows its own bitterness, and when it rejoices, it does not mix with arrogance.
The houses of the ungodly shall be destroyed, but the tents of the upright shall stand.
There is a way that seems to be right among men, but its last things come to the bottom of Hades.
In gladness sadness does not mingle; but in the end joy comes into mourning.
The bold-hearted will be filled with the ways of his own, but a good man from his thoughts.
The simple believes every word, but the crafty comes to repentance.
A wise man, having feared, turned away from evil; but the fool, trusting in himself, mingles with the lawless.
A quick-tempered man acts with recklessness, but a prudent man endures many things.
The foolish will divide wickedness, but the prudent will hold fast to understanding.
Evil men will slip before the good, and the ungodly will serve at the gates of the righteous.
Poor friends hate friends, but the friends of the rich are many.
He who dishonors the poor sins; but he who has mercy on the needy is blessed.
τεκταίνουσι κακά ἔλεον δὲ καὶ ἀλήθειαν τεκταίνουσιν ἀγαθοί οὐκ ἐπίστανται ἔλεον καὶ πίστιν τέκτονες κακῶν ἐλεημοσύναι δὲ καὶ πίστεις παρὰ τέκτοσιν ἀγαθοῖς
Those who go astray devise evils, but the good devise mercy and truth; they do not know mercy and faith. Mercies and faiths are with good craftsmen.
In every one who is anxious there is surplus, but the pleasant and insensitive one will be in want.
The crown of the wise is prudence, but the folly of fools is evil.
A faithful witness delivers a soul from evils, but a deceitful one kindles lies.
In the fear of the Lord is strong confidence, but for his children he leaves a support.
The commandment of the Lord is a fountain of life, but it makes one turn aside from the snare of death.
In a multitude of people is the glory of a king, but in the failing of a people is the ruin of a ruler.
A patient man is abundant in understanding, but the fainthearted is strongly foolish.
A gentle man is a healer of the heart, but a feeling heart is rottenness of the bones.
He who oppresses the poor provokes the one who made him, but he who honors him has mercy on the needy.
In his evil the ungodly will be thrust away, but the righteous one who trusts in his own piety.
In a good heart of a man is wisdom, but in the heart of fools it is not discerned.
Righteousness exalts a nation, but sins bring down tribes.
A discerning servant is acceptable to a king, but by his own shrewdness he removes dishonor.