Proverbs 12
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1Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
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2A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.
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3A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
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4A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
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5The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
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6The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
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7The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.
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8A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.
Proverbs 12:8
9He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.
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10A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
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11He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.
Proverbs 12:11
12The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.
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13The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.
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14A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth: and the recompence of a man’s hands shall be rendered unto him.
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15The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.
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16A fool’s wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth shame.
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17He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.
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18There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
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19The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
Proverbs 12:19
20Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy.
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21There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.
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22Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight.
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23A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.
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24The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.
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25Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.
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26The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.
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27The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious.
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28In the way of righteousness is life; and in the pathway thereof there is no death.
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Proverbs 12:1
Proverbs 15:10Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: and he that hateth repro...Proverbs 9:7He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wic...Psalms 119:97O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.Proverbs 18:1Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with a...Psalms 32:9Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth...
Proverbs 12:2
Proverbs 8:35For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD.Acts 11:24For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith: and much people...Psalms 112:5A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretio...Romans 5:7For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man s...Proverbs 1:31Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their...
Proverbs 12:3
Proverbs 10:25As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an ever...Ephesians 3:17That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounde...Proverbs 12:12The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth...Colossians 2:7Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught,...Psalms 125:1They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but...
Proverbs 12:4
Proverbs 14:30A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.Proverbs 14:1Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her h...Proverbs 31:10¶ Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.1 Corinthians 11:11Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the...1 Corinthians 11:7For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and g...
Proverbs 12:5
Psalms 139:23Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:Isaiah 55:7Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let hi...Psalms 140:1Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man;Jeremiah 4:14O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How lo...Psalms 36:2For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found to be hat...
Proverbs 12:6
Proverbs 14:3In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall pr...Jeremiah 5:26For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snar...Proverbs 1:11If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for th...Isaiah 59:7Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their though...Esther 7:4For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. B...
Proverbs 12:7
Matthew 7:24¶ Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will like...Proverbs 11:21Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of th...2 Samuel 7:26And let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God ove...Job 27:18He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh.Job 18:15It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: brimstone shall be...
Proverbs 12:8
1 Corinthians 4:5Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will brin...1 Corinthians 3:10According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I...2 Corinthians 10:18For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth.Acts 12:23And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glo...Psalms 132:18His enemies will I clothe with shame: but upon himself shall his crown flourish.
Proverbs 12:9
Proverbs 12:10
Deuteronomy 25:4¶ Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn.Genesis 33:13And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children are tender, and the floc...Numbers 22:28And the LORD opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have I...James 2:13For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy r...1 John 3:17But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth...
Proverbs 12:11
Proverbs 28:19He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after...Proverbs 14:23In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.1 Thessalonians 4:11And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with you...Psalms 128:2For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall...Ephesians 4:28Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his ha...
Proverbs 12:12
Jeremiah 17:7Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.Luke 8:13They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and...John 15:5I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the sam...Psalms 10:9He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the po...Isaiah 27:6He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root: Israel shall blossom and bu...
Cross References
Proverbs 12:1
Proverbs 15:10Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: and he that hateth repro...Proverbs 9:7He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wic...Psalms 119:97O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.Proverbs 18:1Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with a...Psalms 32:9Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth...
Proverbs 12:2
Proverbs 8:35For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD.Acts 11:24For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith: and much people...Psalms 112:5A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretio...Romans 5:7For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man s...Proverbs 1:31Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their...
Proverbs 12:3
Proverbs 10:25As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an ever...Ephesians 3:17That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounde...Proverbs 12:12The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth...Colossians 2:7Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught,...Psalms 125:1They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but...
Proverbs 12:4
Proverbs 14:30A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.Proverbs 14:1Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her h...Proverbs 31:10¶ Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.1 Corinthians 11:11Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the...1 Corinthians 11:7For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and g...
Proverbs 12:5
Psalms 139:23Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:Isaiah 55:7Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let hi...Psalms 140:1Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man;Jeremiah 4:14O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How lo...Psalms 36:2For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found to be hat...
Proverbs 12:6
Proverbs 14:3In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall pr...Jeremiah 5:26For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snar...Proverbs 1:11If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for th...Isaiah 59:7Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their though...Esther 7:4For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. B...
Proverbs 12:7
Matthew 7:24¶ Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will like...Proverbs 11:21Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of th...2 Samuel 7:26And let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God ove...Job 27:18He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh.Job 18:15It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: brimstone shall be...
Proverbs 12:8
1 Corinthians 4:5Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will brin...1 Corinthians 3:10According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I...2 Corinthians 10:18For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth.Acts 12:23And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glo...Psalms 132:18His enemies will I clothe with shame: but upon himself shall his crown flourish.
Proverbs 12:9
Proverbs 12:10
Deuteronomy 25:4¶ Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn.Genesis 33:13And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children are tender, and the floc...Numbers 22:28And the LORD opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have I...James 2:13For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy r...1 John 3:17But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth...
Proverbs 12:11
Proverbs 28:19He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after...Proverbs 14:23In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.1 Thessalonians 4:11And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with you...Psalms 128:2For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall...Ephesians 4:28Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his ha...
Proverbs 12:12
Jeremiah 17:7Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.Luke 8:13They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and...John 15:5I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the sam...Psalms 10:9He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the po...Isaiah 27:6He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root: Israel shall blossom and bu...