The Holy Bible: King James Version. 2000.
The Upright and the Wicked Contrasted |
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The Proverbs of Solomon.
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A wise son maketh a glad father: |
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but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother. |
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Treasures of wickedness profit nothing:
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but righteousness delivereth from death. |
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The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish:
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but he casteth away the substance of the wicked. |
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He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand:
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but the hand of the diligent maketh rich. |
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He that gathereth in summer is a wise son:
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but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame. |
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Blessings are upon the head of the just:
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but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked. |
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The memory of the just is blessed:
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but the name of the wicked shall rot. |
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The wise in heart will receive commandments:
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but a prating fool shall fall. |
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He that walketh uprightly walketh surely:
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but he that perverteth his ways shall be known. |
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He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow:
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but a prating fool shall fall. |
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The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life:
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but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked. |
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Hatred stirreth up strifes:
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In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found:
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but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding. |
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Wise men lay up knowledge:
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but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction. |
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The rich man’s wealth is his strong city:
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the destruction of the poor is their poverty. |
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The labor of the righteous tendeth to life:
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the fruit of the wicked to sin. |
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He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction:
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but he that refuseth reproof erreth. |
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He that hideth hatred with lying lips,
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and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool. |
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In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin:
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but he that refraineth his lips is wise. |
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The tongue of the just is as choice silver:
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the heart of the wicked is little worth. |
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The lips of the righteous feed many:
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but fools die for want of wisdom. |
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The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich,
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and he addeth no sorrow with it. |
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It is as sport to a fool to do mischief:
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but a man of understanding hath wisdom. |
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The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him:
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but the desire of the righteous shall be granted. |
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As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more:
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but the righteous is an everlasting foundation. |
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As vinegar to the teeth,
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and as smoke to the eyes, |
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so is the sluggard to them that send him. |
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The fear of the LORD prolongeth days:
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but the years of the wicked shall be shortened. |
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The hope of the righteous shall be gladness:
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but the expectation of the wicked shall perish. |
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The way of the LORD is strength to the upright:
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but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity. |
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The righteous shall never be removed:
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but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth. |
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The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom:
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but the froward tongue shall be cut out. |
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The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable:
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but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness. |
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