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Proverbs 10:7-24 English Revised Version (ERV)

7. The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.

8. The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.

9. He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.

10. He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.

11. The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

12. Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all transgressions.

13. In the lips of him that hath discernment wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.

14. Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is a present destruction.

15. The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.

16. The labour of the righteous tendeth to life; the increase of the wicked to sin.

17. He is in the way of life that heedeth correction: but he that forsaketh reproof erreth.

18. He that hideth hatred is of lying lips; and he that uttereth a slander is a fool.

19. In the multitude of words there wanteth not transgression: but he that refraineth his lips doeth wisely.

20. The tongue of the righteous is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth.

21. The lips of the righteous feed many: but the foolish die for lack of understanding.

22. The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow therewith.

23. It is as sport to a fool to do wickedness: and so is wisdom to a man of understanding.

24. The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: and the desire of the righteous shall be granted.

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