# Proverbs 14

> Lumin Translation

Source: https://www.lumin.faith/read/proverbs/14

Translated from Hebrew and Greek with AI, then checked for clarity and fidelity.

1. Every wise woman builds her house, but folly breaks it down with her hands.
2. Whoever walks in uprightness fears Yahweh, but whoever is perverse in his ways despises him.
3. In a fool's mouth is a rod of haughtiness, but the lips of the wise guard them.
4. Where there are no oxen, the manger is clean, but abundant produce comes from the ox's strength.
5. A faithful witness does not lie, but a false witness breathes out lies.
6. A scoffer seeks wisdom and finds none, but knowledge is easy to the discerning.
7. Go from the presence of a foolish man, for you will not find knowledge on his lips.
8. The wisdom of the prudent discerns his path, but the folly of fools is deceit.
9. Fools scoff at guilt, but among the upright there is favor.
10. The heart knows its soul's bitterness, and no stranger mingles in its joy.
11. The house of the wicked will be destroyed, but the tent of the upright will flourish.
12. There is a way right in a man's sight, but its end is the ways of death.
13. Even in laughter the heart aches, and the end of joy is sorrow.
14. The backslider in heart is filled from his ways, and a good man from himself.
15. The naive trusts every word, but the prudent discerns his path.
16. A wise person fears and turns from evil, but the fool rages and is overconfident.
17. A quick-tempered man acts foolishly, and a scheming man is hated.
18. The simple have folly as their heritage, but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
19. Evildoers bow before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
20. The poor is hated even by his neighbor, but many love the rich.
21. Whoever despises his neighbor sins, but blessed is one who shows favor to the poor and humble.
22. Do those who plot evil not go astray? Kindness and faithfulness belong to those who plot good.
23. All toil yields profit, but words from the lips lead only to poverty.
24. The riches of the wise are their crown, but the folly of fools is folly.
25. A faithful witness delivers lives, but a deceitful witness breathes out lies.
26. In the fear of Yahweh is mighty confidence, and he will be a refuge for his children.
27. The fear of Yahweh is a spring of life for turning aside from death's snares.
28. In the abundance of people is a king's glory, but in the lack of people is a prince's ruin.
29. Slow to anger shows great understanding, but a hasty spirit exalts folly.
30. A healing heart is the life of the body, but envy is rottenness of the bones.
31. Whoever defrauds the poor insults his Maker, but whoever honors him shows favor to the needy.
32. The wicked is driven away in his calamity, but the righteous trusts in his death.
33. Wisdom rests in the heart of the discerning, but becomes known among fools.
34. Righteousness exalts a nation, but kindness to peoples is sin.
35. A king delights in a discerning servant, but his wrath falls on one who brings shame.

## Nearby chapters

[Proverbs 13](https://www.lumin.faith/read/proverbs/13.md)
[Proverbs 15](https://www.lumin.faith/read/proverbs/15.md)

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