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(Pro 12:1) Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof {is} brutish.
(Pro 12:2) A good {man} obtaineth favour of the Lord: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.
(Pro 12:3) A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
(Pro 12:4) A virtuous woman {is} a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed {is} as rottenness in his bones.
(Pro 12:5) The thoughts of the righteous {are} right: {but} the counsels of the wicked {are} deceit.
(Pro 12:6) The words of the wicked {are} to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
(Pro 12:7) The wicked are overthrown, and {are} not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.
(Pro 12:8) A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.
(Pro 12:9) {He that is} despised, and hath a servant, {is} better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.
(Pro 12:10) A righteous {man} regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked {are} cruel.
(Pro 12:11) He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain {persons is} void of understanding.
(Pro 12:12) The wicked desireth the net of evil {men}: but the root of the righteous yieldeth {fruit}.
(Pro 12:13) The wicked is snared by the transgression of {his} lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.
(Pro 12:14) A 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.
(Pro 12:15) The way of a fool {is} right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel {is} wise.
(Pro 12:16) A fool's wrath is presently known: but a prudent {man} covereth shame.
(Pro 12:17) {He that} speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.
(Pro 12:18) There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise {is} health.
(Pro 12:19) The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue {is} but for a moment.
(Pro 12:20) Deceit {is} in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellers of peace {is} joy.
(Pro 12:21) There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.
(Pro 12:22) Lying lips {are} abomination to the Lord: but they that deal truly {are} his delight.
(Pro 12:23) A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.
(Pro 12:24) The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.
(Pro 12:25) Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.
(Pro 12:26) The righteous {is} more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.
(Pro 12:27) The slothful {man} roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man {is} precious.
(Pro 12:28) In the way of righteousness {is} life: and {in} the pathway {thereof there is} no death.
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