Proverbs 14 (NET)

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Proverbs 14:1¹Every wise woman has built her household, but a foolish woman tears it down with her own hands.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Prov 31:10-31 Prov 24:3-4 Prov 21:9 Prov 21:19 Ruth 4:11 Prov 9:13-15 Prov 19:13 1 Kgs 16:31 2 Kgs 11:1 1 Kgs 21:24-25

Proverbs 14:2²The one who walks in his uprightness fears the Lord, but the one who is perverted in his ways despises him.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Tim 3:2-3 Acts 10:35 Prov 28:6 Job 28:28 Ps 112:1 Acts 9:31 Eccl 12:13 Luke 10:16 Ps 25:21 Rom 2:4-5

Proverbs 14:3³In the speech of a fool is a rod for his back, but the words of the wise protect them.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Prov 12:6 Jas 3:5-6 Rev 12:11 Rev 3:10 Rom 10:9-10 1 Sam 2:3 2 Pet 2:18 Dan 7:20 Job 5:21 Prov 18:6

Proverbs 14:4⁴Where there are no oxen, the feeding trough is clean, but an abundant harvest is produced by strong oxen.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Cor 9:9-11 Prov 13:23

Proverbs 14:5⁵A truthful witness does not lie, but a false witness breathes out lies.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Exod 23:1 Prov 19:5 Prov 6:19 Prov 12:17 Prov 14:25 1 Kgs 22:12-14 Prov 13:5 Prov 19:9 1 Kgs 21:13 Exod 20:16

Proverbs 14:6⁶The scorner sought wisdom—there was none, but understanding was easy for a discerning person.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jas 1:5 Matt 13:11-12 Matt 11:25-27 1 Cor 3:18-19 1 Cor 8:2 Prov 8:9 2 Pet 3:3-5 Isa 8:20 Jer 8:9 Matt 6:22-23

Proverbs 14:7⁷Walk abreast with a foolish person, and you do not understand wise counsel.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Prov 13:20 1 Cor 5:11 Eph 5:11 Prov 9:6 Prov 19:27

Proverbs 14:8⁸The wisdom of the shrewd person is to discern his way, but the folly of fools is deception.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Eph 5:17 2 Tim 3:13 Col 1:9-10 Jas 3:13 Prov 11:18 Prov 2:9 Prov 8:20 Ps 111:10 Ps 119:34-35 Ps 119:5

Proverbs 14:9⁹Fools mock at reparation, but among the upright there is favor.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Prov 10:23 Prov 26:18-19 Rom 14:17-18 Prov 13:15 Prov 30:20 Prov 8:35 Jude 1:18 Prov 1:22 Prov 12:2 Prov 3:4

Proverbs 14:10¹⁰The heart knows its own bitterness, and with its joy no one else can share.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Prov 18:14 Phil 4:7 Prov 15:13 Job 10:1 John 14:18 Rev 2:17 1 Pet 1:8 1 Sam 1:10 Job 7:11 John 12:27

Proverbs 14:11¹¹The household of the wicked will be destroyed, but the tent of the upright will flourish.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Prov 3:33 Prov 12:7 Matt 7:26-27 Job 21:28 Prov 21:12 Zech 5:4 Job 18:14-15 Isa 58:11-12 Job 8:15 Prov 11:28

Proverbs 14:12¹²There is a way that seems right to a person, but its end is the way that leads to death.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Prov 16:25 Matt 7:13-14 Prov 12:15 Gal 6:3 Luke 13:24 Rom 6:21 Prov 30:12 Jas 1:22 Eph 5:6

Proverbs 14:13¹³Even in laughter the heart may ache, and the end of joy may be grief.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Eccl 2:2 Jas 4:9 Eccl 11:9 Eccl 2:10-11 Eccl 7:5-6 Luke 16:25 Prov 5:4 Rev 18:7-8

Proverbs 14:14¹⁴The backslider will be paid back from his own ways, but a good person will be rewarded for his.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gal 6:8 Prov 12:14 Heb 3:12 Jer 8:5 Jer 2:19 2 Pet 2:20-22 Gal 6:4 John 4:14 Prov 1:31-32 Jer 17:5

Proverbs 14:15¹⁵A naive person will believe anything, but the shrewd person discerns his steps.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Eph 5:17 Prov 14:8 1 John 4:1 Prov 27:12 Prov 4:26 Eph 4:14 Prov 22:3 Rom 16:18-19 Acts 13:7 Amos 5:13

Proverbs 14:16¹⁶A wise person is cautious and turns from evil, but a fool throws off restraint and is overconfident.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Prov 22:3 Prov 3:7 1 Thess 5:22 Gen 42:18 Prov 29:9 1 Kgs 20:10-11 Gen 33:9 Job 31:21-23 Prov 16:17 Prov 16:6

Proverbs 14:17¹⁷A person who has a quick temper will do foolish things, and a person with crafty schemes will be hated.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Prov 14:29 Eccl 7:9 Jas 1:19 Prov 29:22 Prov 15:18 Prov 16:32 Prov 22:24 Esth 3:6 Esth 7:5-6 Isa 32:7

Proverbs 14:18¹⁸The naive have inherited folly, but the shrewd will be crowned with knowledge.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Pet 1:18 1 Pet 5:4 2 Tim 4:8 Dan 12:3 Jer 16:19 Jer 44:17 Matt 23:29-32 Prov 11:29-30 Prov 3:35 Prov 4:7-9

Proverbs 14:19¹⁹Bad people have bowed before good people, and wicked people have bowed at the gates of someone righteous.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 42:6 Mal 4:3 Exod 8:8 1 Sam 2:36 2 Kgs 3:12 Exod 11:8 Exod 9:27-28 Gen 43:28 Isa 60:14 Mic 7:16-17

Proverbs 14:20²⁰A poor person will be disliked even by his neighbors, but those who love the rich are many.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Prov 19:4 Prov 10:15 Job 30:10 Prov 19:6-7 Esth 3:2 Esth 5:10-11 Job 19:13-14 Job 6:21-23

Proverbs 14:21²¹The one who despises his neighbor sins, but whoever is kind to the needy is blessed.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Prov 11:12 Prov 19:17 Prov 28:27 Prov 17:5 1 John 3:17-22 Prov 14:31 Prov 18:3 Acts 20:35 Dan 4:27 Eccl 11:1-2

Proverbs 14:22²²Do not those who devise evil go astray? But those who plan good exhibit faithful covenant love.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Prov 12:2 John 1:17 2 Chr 6:8 Gen 24:27 Isa 32:7-8 Matt 5:7 Prov 14:17 Prov 19:22 Prov 3:29 Ps 25:10

Proverbs 14:23²³In all hard work there is profit, but merely talking about it only brings poverty.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Prov 28:19 Prov 12:24 2 Thess 3:10-12 Eccl 5:3 Heb 6:10-11 John 6:27 1 Tim 5:13 Prov 10:10

Proverbs 14:24²⁴The crown of the wise is their riches, but the folly of fools is folly.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Eccl 7:11-12 Luke 12:19-20 Luke 16:19-25 Luke 16:9 Isa 33:6 Prov 27:22 Ps 112:9 Ps 49:10-13

Proverbs 14:25²⁵A truthful witness rescues lives, but one who testifies falsely betrays them.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Prov 14:5 Acts 26:16-20 1 Tim 4:1-3 2 Pet 3:3 Acts 20:26-27 Acts 20:21

Proverbs 14:26²⁶In the fear of the Lord one has strong confidence, and it will be a refuge for his children.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Prov 19:23 Jer 32:39-40 Prov 18:10 Ps 115:13-14 Prov 3:7-8 Ps 34:7-11 Mal 3:16-18 Mal 4:2 Ps 112:1 Acts 9:31

Proverbs 14:27²⁷The fear of the Lord is like a life-giving fountain, to turn people from deadly snares.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Prov 13:14 Rev 21:6 Prov 2:10-18 Isa 33:6 Prov 22:5 Ps 18:5 Eccl 7:26

Proverbs 14:28²⁸A king’s glory is the abundance of people, but the lack of subjects is the ruin of a ruler.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Kgs 4:20-21 2 Kgs 13:7 Exod 1:22 1 Kgs 20:27 2 Kgs 10:32-33 Exod 1:12

Proverbs 14:29²⁹Someone with great understanding is slow to anger, but the one who has a quick temper exalts folly.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jas 1:19 Eccl 7:9 Prov 14:17 Prov 15:18 Prov 19:11 Prov 16:32 Prov 25:28 Matt 11:29 Num 12:3 Prov 22:24-25

Proverbs 14:30³⁰A tranquil spirit revives the body, but envy is rottenness to the bones.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Prov 17:22 Job 5:2 Prov 3:8 Prov 4:23 Prov 12:4 2 Tim 1:7 Ps 112:10 Ps 119:80 Rom 1:29 Acts 7:9

Proverbs 14:31³¹The one who oppresses the poor has insulted his Creator, but whoever honors him shows favor to the needy.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Prov 22:2 Prov 17:5 Prov 22:16 Prov 19:17 1 John 4:21 Eccl 5:8 1 John 3:17-21 2 Cor 8:7-9 Ps 12:5 Job 31:13-16

Proverbs 14:32³²An evil person will be thrown down through his wickedness, but a righteous person takes refuge in his integrity.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Tim 4:18 Ps 23:4 2 Cor 5:8 Gen 49:18 Job 19:25-27 Rev 14:13 2 Cor 1:9 Job 13:15 Prov 24:16 Ps 37:37

Proverbs 14:33³³Wisdom rests in the heart of the discerning; it is not known in the inner parts of fools.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Prov 12:16 Prov 12:23 Prov 15:28 Eccl 10:3 Prov 13:16 Prov 29:11 Prov 15:2

Proverbs 14:34³⁴Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 107:34 Deut 28:1-68 Deut 29:18-28 Deut 4:6-8 Hos 13:1 Ezek 16:1-63 Judg 2:6-14 Ezek 22:1-23 Jer 2:2-25

Proverbs 14:35³⁵The king shows favor to a wise servant, but his wrath falls on one who acts shamefully.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 24:45-51 Luke 12:42-48 Matt 25:21 Matt 25:23 Prov 22:11 Prov 25:5 Prov 29:12 Prov 10:5 Prov 17:2 Prov 19:12-13

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