Chapter 14
Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.
wise
the foolish
9.13-15 19.13 21.9,19 1 Kings 16.31 21.24,25 2 Kings 11.1
He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the LORD: but he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him.
that walketh
16.17 28.6 1 Kings 3.6 Job 1.1 28.28 Psalms 25.21 112.1 Ecclesiastes 12.13 Malachi 2.5,6 Acts 9.31 10.22,35
but
11.12 Job 12.4 Psalms 123.3,4 Luke 10.16 16.14 Romans 2.4,5 2 Timothy 3.2,3
In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
the mouth
18.6 21.24 22.8 28.25 1 Samuel 2.3 Job 5.21 Psalms 12.3 31.18 52.1,2 Psalms 57.4 Daniel 7.20 James 3.5,6 2 Peter 2.18 Revelation 15.5,6
but
12.6 Romans 10.9,10 Revelation 3.10 12.11
Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the strength of the ox.
clean
but
A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.
25 6.19 12.17 13.5 19.5,9 Exodus 20.16 23.1 1 Kings 21.13 22.12-14
A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.
scorner
18.2 26.12 Isaiah 8.20 Jeremiah 8.9 Matthew 6.22,23 11.25-27 Romans 1.21-28 Romans 9.31,32 1 Corinthians 3.18,19 8.2 2 Peter 3.3-5
knowledge
8.9 17.24 Psalms 119.18,98-100 Matthew 13.11,12 James 1.5
Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.
9.6 13.20 19.27 1 Corinthians 5.11 Ephesians 5.11
The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.
wisdom
2.9 8.20 Psalms 111.10 119.5,34,35,73 143.8 Ephesians 5.17 Colossians 1.9,10 2 Timothy 3.15-17 James 3.13
folly
11.18 Jeremiah 13.20 *marg:; Luke 12.19,20 Ephesians 4.22 2 Timothy 3.13
Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.
Fools
1.22 10.23 26.18,19 30.20 Job 15.16 34.7-9 Jude 1.18
among
3.4 8.35 12.2 13.15 Romans 14.17,18
The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.
heart
15.13 18.14 1 Samuel 1.10 2 Kings 4.27 Job 6.2-4 7.11 9.18 10.1 Ezekiel 3.14 Mark 14.33,34 John 12.27
his, etc
Heb. the bitterness of his soul.
and
Psalms 25.14 John 14.18,23 Philippians 4.7 1 Peter 1.8 Revelation 2.17
The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.
house
3.33 12.7 21.12 Job 8.15 15.34 18.14,15,21 20.26-28 21.28 Job 27.13-23 Zechariah 5.4 Matthew 7.26,27
the tabernacle
11.28 21.20 Job 8.6 Psalms 112.2,3 128.3 Isaiah 58.11,12
There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
12.15 16.25 30.12 Matthew 7.13,14 Luke 13.24 Romans 6.21 Galatians 6.3 Ephesians 5.6 James 1.22
Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.
5.4 Ecclesiastes 2.2,10,11 7.5,6 11.9 Luke 16.25 James 4.9 Revelation 18.7,8
The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.
backslider
1.32 Jeremiah 2.19 8.5 17.5 Hosea 4.16 Zephaniah 1.6 Hebrews 3.12 2 Peter 2.20-22
filled
a good
10 John 4.14 2 Corinthians 1.12 Galatians 6.4,8
The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going.
simple
4.26 22.3 27.12 Romans 16.18,19 Ephesians 4.14 5.17 1 John 4.1
the prudent
A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.
feareth
3.7 16.6,17 22.3 Genesis 33.9 42.18 Nehemiah 5.15 Job 31.21-23 Psalms 119.120 1 Thessalonians 5.22
the fool
7.22 28.14 29.9 1 Kings 19.2 20.10,11,18 Ecclesiastes 10.13 Mark 6.17-19,24,25 John 9.40
He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.
that
29 12.16 15.18 16.32 22.24 29.22 Ecclesiastes 7.9 James 1.19
a man
6.18 12.2 Esther 3.6 7.5,6 Isaiah 32.7 Jeremiah 5.26-29
The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
inherit
3.35 11.29 Jeremiah 16.19 44.17 Matthew 23.29-32 1 Peter 1.18
the prudent
4.7-9 11.30 Daniel 12.3 2 Timothy 4.8 1 Peter 5.4
The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
Genesis 42.6 43.28 Exodus 8.8 9.27,28 11.8 2 Kings 3.12 Esther 7.7,8 Psalms 49.14 Isaiah 60.14 Micah 7.9,10,16,17 Malachi 4.3 Acts 16.39 Revelation 3.9
The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath many friends.
poor
10.15 19.7 Job 6.21-23 19.13,14 30.10
but
the rich hath many friends
Heb. many are the lovers of the rich.
He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he.
that despiseth
11.12 17.5 18.3 Job 31.13-15 35.5,6 Psalms 22.24 Luke 18.9 James 2.5,6,14-16
he that hath
31 11.24,25 19.17 28.27 Psalms 41.1,2 112.5,9 Ecclesiastes 11.1,2 Isaiah 58.7-12 Daniel 4.27 Matthew 25.34-46 Luke 6.30-36 Acts 20.35 Hebrews 6.12 1 John 3.17-22
Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.
err
but
Genesis 24.27 Psalms 25.10 61.7 Matthew 5.7 John 1.17
devise
In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
all
12.24 28.19 John 6.27 Hebrews 6.10,11
but
10.10 Ecclesiastes 5.3 2 Thessalonians 3.10-12 1 Timothy 5.13
The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.
crown
Psalms 112.9 Ecclesiastes 7.11,12 Isaiah 33.6 Luke 16.9
foolishness
27.22 Psalms 49.10-13 Luke 12.19,20 16.19-25
A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness speaketh lies.
5 Acts 20.21,26,27 26.16-20 1 Timothy 4.1-3 2 Peter 3.3
In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.
fear
3.7,8,25,26 19.23 Genesis 31.42 Psalms 34.7-11 112.1,6-8 115.13,14 Ecclesiastes 7.18 Malachi 3.16-18 4.2 Acts 9.31
his
18.10 Isaiah 26.20,21 Jeremiah 15.11 32.39,40
The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
a fountain
13.14 Isaiah 33.6 Revelation 21.6
to
2.10-18 22.5 Psalms 18.5 Ecclesiastes 7.26
In the multitude of people is the king's honour: but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.
Exodus 1.12,22 1 Kings 4.20,21 20.27 2 Kings 10.32,33 13.7
He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
slow
17 15.18 16.32 Numbers 12.3 Matthew 11.29 1 Corinthians 13.4,5 James 1.19 3.17,18
but
22.24,25 25.8,28 Ecclesiastes 7.9 Daniel 3.19-25 Matthew 2.16
hasty
Heb. short. exalteth.
A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.
sound
4.23 Psalms 119.80 2 Timothy 1.7
envy
Job 5.2 Psalms 112.10 Acts 7.9 Romans 1.29 James 4.5
rottenness
He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
that oppresseth
17.5 22.2,16,22,23 Job 31.13-16 Psalms 12.5 Ecclesiastes 5.8 Matthew 25.40-46
but
21 19.17 Matthew 25.40 John 12.8 2 Corinthians 8.7-9 1 John 3.17-21 4.21
The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.
driven
Job 18.18 27.20-22 Psalms 58.9 Daniel 5.26-30 John 8.21,24 Romans 9.22 1 Thessalonians 5.3
the righteous
Genesis 49.18 Job 13.15 19.25-27 Psalms 23.4 37.37 Luke 2.29 1 Corinthians 15.55-58 2 Corinthians 1.9 5.8 Philippians 1.21,23 2 Timothy 4.18 Revelation 14.13
Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made known.
12.16,23 13.16 15.2,28 29.11 Ecclesiastes 10.3
Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.
Righteousness
Deuteronomy 4.6-8 28.1-14 Judges 2.6-14 Jeremiah 2.2-25 Hosea 13.1
but
Deuteronomy 28.15-68 29.18-28 Psalms 107.34 Ezekiel 16.1-63 22.1-23
any people
Heb. nations.
The king's favour is toward a wise servant: but his wrath is against him that causeth shame.
king's
19.12,13 20.8,26 22.11 25.5 29.12 Psalms 101.4-8 Matthew 24.45-51 Luke 12.42-48