Proverbs 12:1-10

1Whoever loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproofisstupid.

2A goodmanobtaineth favour from the LORD: but a man of wicked devices he will condemn.

3A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.

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

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

6The words of the wicked are to lie 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.1

9He that isdespised, and hath a servant, isbetter than he that honoureth himself, and is destitute of bread.

10A righteousmanregardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.2