Proverbs 12:1-14

1Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but whoever hates correction is stupid.

2Good people obtain favor from the LORD, but he condemns those who devise wicked schemes.

3No one can be established through wickedness, but the righteous cannot be uprooted.

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

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.

7The wicked are overthrown and are no more, but the house of the righteous stands firm.

8A person is praised according to their prudence, and one with a warped 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, 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.

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

13Evildoers are trapped by their sinful talk, and so the innocent escape trouble.

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