Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth [shall be] to them that devise good.
In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips [tendeth] only to penury.
The crown of the wise [is] their riches: [but] the foolishness of fools [is] folly.
A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful [witness] speaketh lies.
In the fear of the LORD [is] strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.
The fear of the LORD [is] a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
In the multitude of people [is] the king's honour: but in the want of people [is] the destruction of the prince.
[He that is] slow to wrath [is] of great understanding: but [he that is] hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
A sound heart [is] the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.
He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
