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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Proverbs 14 King James 2000</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/proverbs/14.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/proverbs/14-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">King James 2000</a> > Proverbs 14</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../proverbs/13.htm" title="Proverbs 13">◄</a> Proverbs 14 <a href="../proverbs/15.htm" title="Proverbs 15">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">King James 2000</div><div class="chap"><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/proverbs/14-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="black">Every wise woman builds her house: but the foolish plucks it down with her hands.</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/proverbs/14-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="black">He that walks in his uprightness fears the LORD: but he that is perverse in his ways despises him.</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/proverbs/14-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="black">In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/proverbs/14-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="black">Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the strength of the ox.</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/proverbs/14-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="black">A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/proverbs/14-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="black">A scoffer seeks wisdom, and finds it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understands.</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/proverbs/14-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="black">Go from the presence of a foolish man, when you perceive not in him the lips of knowledge.</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/proverbs/14-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="black">The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/proverbs/14-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="black">Fools make a mockery of sin: but among the righteous there is favor.</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/proverbs/14-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="black">The heart knows its own bitterness; and a stranger does not share its joy.</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/proverbs/14-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="black">The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tent of the upright shall flourish.</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/proverbs/14-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="black">There is a way which seems right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/proverbs/14-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="black">Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is grief.</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/proverbs/14-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="black">The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from above himself.</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/proverbs/14-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="black">The simple believes every word: but the prudent man looks well where he is going.</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/proverbs/14-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="black">A wise man fears, and departs from evil: but the fool rages, and is confident.</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/proverbs/14-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="black">He that is quickly angry deals foolishly: and a man of wicked intentions is hated.</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/proverbs/14-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="black">The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/proverbs/14-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="black">The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/proverbs/14-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><span class="black">The poor is hated even of his own neighbor: but the rich has many friends.</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/proverbs/14-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><span class="black">He that despises his neighbor sins: but he that has mercy on the poor, happy is he.</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/proverbs/14-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span><span class="black">Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/proverbs/14-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span><span class="black">In all labor there is profit: but the talk of the lips leads only to poverty.</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/proverbs/14-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span><span class="black">The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/proverbs/14-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span><span class="black">A true witness delivers souls: but a deceitful witness speaks lies.</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/proverbs/14-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span><span class="black">In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/proverbs/14-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span><span class="black">The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to turn one away from the snares of death.</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/proverbs/14-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span><span class="black">In the multitude of people is the king's honor: but in the lack of people is the destruction of the prince.</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/proverbs/14-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span><span class="black">He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalts folly.</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/proverbs/14-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span><span class="black">A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/proverbs/14-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span><span class="black">He that oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker: but he that honors him has mercy on the poor.</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/proverbs/14-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span><span class="black">The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous has hope in his death.</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/proverbs/14-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span><span class="black">Wisdom rests in the heart of him that has understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made known.</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/proverbs/14-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span><span class="black">Righteousness exalts a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/proverbs/14-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span><span class="black">The king's favor is toward a wise servant: but his wrath is against him that causes shame.</span></p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The King James 2000 Bible, copyright © Doctor of Theology Robert A. 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