Proverbs 12:1-14

New International Version

12 Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge,
but whoever hates correction is stupid.^(A)

²Good people obtain favor from the Lord,^(B)
but he condemns those who devise wicked schemes.^(C)

³No one can be established through wickedness,
but the righteous cannot be uprooted.^(D)

⁴A wife of noble character^(E) is her husband’s crown,
but a disgraceful wife is like decay in his bones.^(F)

⁵The plans of the righteous are just,
but the advice of the wicked is deceitful.

⁶The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood,
but the speech of the upright rescues them.^(G)

⁷The wicked are overthrown and are no more,^(H)
but the house of the righteous stands firm.^(I)

⁸A person is praised according to their prudence,
and one with a warped^(J) mind is despised.

⁹Better to be a nobody and yet have a servant
than pretend to be somebody and have no food.

¹⁰The righteous care for the needs of their animals,^(K)
but the kindest acts of the wicked are cruel.

¹¹Those who work their land will have abundant food,
but those who chase fantasies have no sense.^(L)

¹²The wicked desire the stronghold of evildoers,
but the root of the righteous endures.

¹³Evildoers are trapped by their sinful talk,^(M)
and so the innocent escape trouble.^(N)

¹⁴From the fruit of their lips people are filled with good things,^(O)
and the work of their hands brings them reward.^(P)

Proverbs 12:1-14

King James Version

12 Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.

²A good man obtaineth favour of the Lord: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.

³A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.

⁴A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

⁵The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.

⁶The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

⁷The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.

⁸A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.

⁹He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.

¹⁰A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.

¹¹He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.

¹²The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.

¹³The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.

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.

New International Version (NIV)