Proverbs 12:1-10

1Whoso loveth correction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.

2A good man shall obtain favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.

3A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall never be moved.

4A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

5The thoughts of the righteous are just: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.

6The words of the wicked are of lying in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

7The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.

8A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.

9Better is he that is lightly esteemed, and hath a servant, than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.

10A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.