Proverbs 12
Reading Proverbs chapter 12 in the Young's Literal Translation, public-domain text from 1898.
Verses 1–10
1 Whoso is loving instruction, is loving knowledge, And whoso is hating reproof is brutish.
2 The good bringeth forth favour from Jehovah, And the man of wicked devices He condemneth.
3 A man is not established by wickedness, And the root of the righteous is not moved.
4 A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband, And as rottenness in his bones is one causing shame.
5 The thoughts of the righteous are justice, The counsels of the wicked--deceit.
6 The words of the wicked are : `Lay wait for blood,' And the mouth of the upright delivereth them.
7 Overthrow the wicked, and they are not, And the house of the righteous standeth.
8 According to his wisdom is a man praised, And the perverted of heart becometh despised.
9 Better is the lightly esteemed who hath a servant, Than the self-honoured who lacketh bread.
10 The righteous knoweth the life of his beast, And the mercies of the wicked are cruel.
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