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Proverbs Chapter 14

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In Proverbs 14 the text contrasts the wise and the foolish, emphasizing that the wise person listens to counsel while the foolish one rejects it. It also notes that the wise man is a friend to the poor and the fool to the rich, and that the wise will prosper while the foolish will be his own ruin.

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(1) Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.
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Proverbs 24:3Proverbs 24:4Proverbs 31:10Proverbs 31:11Proverbs 31:12Proverbs 31:13Proverbs 31:14Proverbs 31:15Proverbs 31:16Proverbs 31:17Proverbs 31:18Proverbs 31:19

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I Corinthians 3:10

(2) He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the LORD: but he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him.
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Proverbs 16:17Proverbs 28:6I Kings 3:6Job 1:1Job 28:28Psalms 25:21Psalms 112:1Ecclesiastes 12:13Malachi 2:5Malachi 2:6Acts 9:31Acts 10:22

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Proverbs 28:6Luke 10:16Psalms 128:1Proverbs 10:9Proverbs 28:18

(3) In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
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Proverbs 18:6Proverbs 21:24Proverbs 22:8Proverbs 28:25I Samuel 2:3Job 5:21Psalms 12:3Psalms 31:18Psalms 52:1Psalms 52:2Psalms 57:4Daniel 7:20

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Proverbs 15:7

(4) Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the strength of the ox.
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Amos 4:6Proverbs 13:23I Corinthians 9:9I Corinthians 9:10I Corinthians 9:11

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Exodus 22:1Exodus 21:28Exodus 21:35Exodus 21:36

(5) A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.
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Proverbs 14:25Proverbs 6:19Proverbs 12:17Proverbs 13:5Proverbs 19:5Proverbs 19:9Exodus 20:16Exodus 23:1I Kings 21:13I Kings 22:12I Kings 22:13I Kings 22:14

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I Samuel 12:5I John 5:9Deuteronomy 19:18Proverbs 14:25Mark 14:56Genesis 31:52

(6) A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.
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Proverbs 18:2Proverbs 26:12Isaiah 8:20Jeremiah 8:9Matthew 6:22Matthew 6:23Matthew 11:25Matthew 11:26Matthew 11:27Romans 1:21Romans 1:22Romans 1:23

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Proverbs 18:15Ecclesiastes 1:16Ecclesiastes 7:12Ecclesiastes 9:10I Kings 4:30

(7) Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.
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Proverbs 9:6Proverbs 13:20Proverbs 19:27I Corinthians 5:11Ephesians 5:11

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Proverbs 15:7II Samuel 16:19

(8) The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.
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Proverbs 2:9Proverbs 8:20Psalms 111:10Psalms 119:5Psalms 119:34Psalms 119:35Psalms 119:73Psalms 143:8Ephesians 5:17Colossians 1:9Colossians 1:10II Timothy 3:15

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Proverbs 8:5I Kings 4:30Jeremiah 49:7

(9) Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.
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Proverbs 1:22Proverbs 10:23Proverbs 26:18Proverbs 26:19Proverbs 30:20Job 15:16Job 34:7Job 34:8Job 34:9Jude 1:18Proverbs 3:4Proverbs 8:35

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Matthew 10:41

(10) The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.
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Proverbs 15:13Proverbs 18:14I Samuel 1:10II Kings 4:27Job 6:2Job 6:3Job 6:4Job 7:11Job 9:18Job 10:1Ezekiel 3:14Mark 14:33

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Isaiah 1:3Isaiah 9:3

(11) The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.
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Proverbs 3:33Proverbs 12:7Proverbs 21:12Job 8:15Job 15:34Job 18:14Job 18:15Job 18:21Job 20:26Job 20:27Job 20:28Job 21:28

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Exodus 33:7Numbers 1:50Numbers 3:25Numbers 4:25Numbers 9:15

(12) There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
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Proverbs 12:15Proverbs 16:25Proverbs 30:12Matthew 7:13Matthew 7:14Luke 13:24Romans 6:21Galatians 6:3Ephesians 5:6James 1:22

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Proverbs 16:25

(13) Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.
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Proverbs 5:4Ecclesiastes 2:2Ecclesiastes 2:10Ecclesiastes 2:11Ecclesiastes 7:5Ecclesiastes 7:6Ecclesiastes 11:9Luke 16:25James 4:9Revelation 18:7Revelation 18:8

(14) The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.
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Proverbs 1:32Jeremiah 2:19Jeremiah 8:5Jeremiah 17:5Hosea 4:16Zephaniah 1:6Hebrews 3:12II Peter 2:20II Peter 2:21II Peter 2:22Proverbs 1:31Proverbs 12:14

(15) The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going.
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Proverbs 4:26Proverbs 22:3Proverbs 27:12Romans 16:18Romans 16:19Ephesians 4:14Ephesians 5:17I John 4:1Proverbs 14:8Amos 5:13Acts 13:7

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II Kings 4:26Ezekiel 44:5I John 5:10

(16) A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.
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Proverbs 3:7Proverbs 16:6Proverbs 16:17Proverbs 22:3Genesis 33:9Genesis 42:18Nehemiah 5:15Job 31:21Job 31:22Job 31:23Psalms 119:120I Thessalonians 5:22

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Ecclesiastes 2:16Ecclesiastes 2:19I Corinthians 3:18

(17) He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.
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Proverbs 14:29Proverbs 12:16Proverbs 15:18Proverbs 16:32Proverbs 22:24Proverbs 29:22Ecclesiastes 7:9James 1:19Proverbs 6:18Proverbs 12:2Esther 3:6Esther 7:5

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Deuteronomy 21:15

(18) The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
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Proverbs 3:35Proverbs 11:29Jeremiah 16:19Jeremiah 44:17Matthew 23:29Matthew 23:30Matthew 23:31Matthew 23:32I Peter 1:18Proverbs 4:7Proverbs 4:8Proverbs 4:9

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Proverbs 13:16Proverbs 18:15

(19) The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
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Genesis 42:6Genesis 43:28Exodus 8:8Exodus 9:27Exodus 9:28Exodus 11:8II Kings 3:12Esther 7:7Esther 7:8Psalms 49:14Isaiah 60:14Micah 7:9

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Revelation 21:13Judges 5:11Matthew 10:41Nehemiah 13:19

(20) The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath many friends.
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Proverbs 10:15Proverbs 19:7Job 6:21Job 6:22Job 6:23Job 19:13Job 19:14Job 30:10Proverbs 19:4Proverbs 19:6Esther 3:2Esther 5:10

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II Corinthians 8:9Proverbs 19:4Deuteronomy 21:15

(21) He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he.
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Proverbs 11:12Proverbs 17:5Proverbs 18:3Job 31:13Job 31:14Job 31:15Job 35:5Job 35:6Psalms 22:24Luke 18:9James 2:5James 2:6

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Luke 10:16Proverbs 14:31James 2:13

(22) Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.
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Proverbs 14:17Proverbs 12:2Isaiah 32:7Isaiah 32:8Genesis 24:27Psalms 25:10Psalms 61:7Matthew 5:7John 1:17Proverbs 19:22II Chronicles 6:8

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Proverbs 20:28James 2:13

(23) In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
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Proverbs 12:24Proverbs 28:19John 6:27Hebrews 6:10Hebrews 6:11Proverbs 10:10Ecclesiastes 5:3II Thessalonians 3:10II Thessalonians 3:11II Thessalonians 3:12I Timothy 5:13

(24) The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.
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Psalms 112:9Ecclesiastes 7:11Ecclesiastes 7:12Isaiah 33:6Luke 16:9Proverbs 27:22Psalms 49:10Psalms 49:11Psalms 49:12Psalms 49:13Luke 12:19Luke 12:20

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Proverbs 13:20Proverbs 15:2Isaiah 19:11

(25) A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness speaketh lies.
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Proverbs 14:5Acts 20:21Acts 20:26Acts 20:27Acts 26:16Acts 26:17Acts 26:18Acts 26:19Acts 26:20I Timothy 4:1I Timothy 4:2I Timothy 4:3

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I Samuel 12:5I John 5:9Proverbs 14:5John 5:31John 5:32Genesis 31:52

(26) In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.
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Proverbs 3:7Proverbs 3:8Proverbs 3:25Proverbs 3:26Proverbs 19:23Genesis 31:42Psalms 34:7Psalms 34:8Psalms 34:9Psalms 34:10Psalms 34:11Psalms 112:1

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Isaiah 28:7Haggai 2:4

(27) The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
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Proverbs 13:14Isaiah 33:6Revelation 21:6Proverbs 2:10Proverbs 2:11Proverbs 2:12Proverbs 2:13Proverbs 2:14Proverbs 2:15Proverbs 2:16Proverbs 2:17Proverbs 2:18

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Proverbs 13:14Lamentations 4:15

(28) In the multitude of people is the king's honour: but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.
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Exodus 1:12Exodus 1:22I Kings 4:20I Kings 4:21I Kings 20:27II Kings 10:32II Kings 10:33II Kings 13:7

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Esther 8:8Esther 3:3Esther 3:12Esther 6:9

(29) He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
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Proverbs 14:17Proverbs 15:18Proverbs 16:32Numbers 12:3Matthew 11:29I Corinthians 13:4I Corinthians 13:5James 1:19James 3:17James 3:18Proverbs 22:24Proverbs 22:25

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James 1:19

(30) A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.
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Proverbs 4:23Psalms 119:80II Timothy 1:7Job 5:2Psalms 112:10Acts 7:9Romans 1:29James 4:5Proverbs 3:8Proverbs 12:4Proverbs 17:22

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Jeremiah 8:1II Samuel 21:13II Kings 23:18

(31) He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
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Proverbs 17:5Proverbs 22:2Proverbs 22:16Proverbs 22:22Proverbs 22:23Job 31:13Job 31:14Job 31:15Job 31:16Psalms 12:5Ecclesiastes 5:8Matthew 25:40

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Proverbs 28:3Deuteronomy 15:7Deuteronomy 15:11Psalms 10:9Psalms 35:10Proverbs 17:5

(32) The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.
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Job 18:18Job 27:20Job 27:21Job 27:22Psalms 58:9Daniel 5:26Daniel 5:27Daniel 5:28Daniel 5:29Daniel 5:30John 8:21John 8:24

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Jeremiah 44:9Ezekiel 33:12Romans 8:24Matthew 10:41I Corinthians 9:10

(33) Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made known.
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Proverbs 12:16Proverbs 12:23Proverbs 13:16Proverbs 15:2Proverbs 15:28Proverbs 29:11Ecclesiastes 10:3

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Deuteronomy 4:6I Kings 4:30Proverbs 4:7Proverbs 8:5Proverbs 10:13Daniel 5:11

(34) Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.
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Deuteronomy 4:6Deuteronomy 4:7Deuteronomy 4:8Deuteronomy 28:1Deuteronomy 28:2Deuteronomy 28:3Deuteronomy 28:4Deuteronomy 28:5Deuteronomy 28:6Deuteronomy 28:7Deuteronomy 28:8Deuteronomy 28:9

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Jeremiah 5:15Romans 9:30Romans 10:3

(35) The king's favour is toward a wise servant: but his wrath is against him that causeth shame.
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Proverbs 19:12Proverbs 19:13Proverbs 20:8Proverbs 20:26Proverbs 22:11Proverbs 25:5Proverbs 29:12Psalms 101:4Psalms 101:5Psalms 101:6Psalms 101:7Psalms 101:8

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I Kings 7:25II Chronicles 4:4Ezekiel 48:10Ezekiel 48:17Zechariah 14:4Esther 8:8

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