Welcome to Proverbs chapter 14 on Build Your Bible Habit. This chapter covers the wise, the foolish,

the scorner, the backslider, the angry person, and more. Once again, God has given us

instructions on the right and wrong way to live. It's like being served a meal where there

are things that we really like mixed with things that we'd

rather not eat even though they're good for us. We need both for balance. Let's study this chapter together.

Proverbs chapter 14. Every wise woman buildeth her house, but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.

He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the Lord, but he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him. In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of

pride, but the lips of the wise shall preserve them. Where no oxen are, the crib is clean, but much increase is by the strength of the ox.

A faithful witness will not lie, but a false witness will utter lies. A scorner seeketh wisdom

and findeth it not, but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth. Go from the presence of a foolish man when thou perceivest not in him

the lips of knowledge. The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way, but the folly of fools

is deceit. Fools make a mock at sin, but among the righteous there is favor. The heart knoweth his own bitterness, and a stranger

doth not intermeddle with his joy. The house of the wicked shall be overthrown, but the

tabernacle of the upright shall flourish. There is a way which seemeth right unto a man,

but the end thereof are the ways of death.

Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful, and the end of that mirth is heaviness.

The backslider and heart shall be filled with his own ways, and a good man shall be satisfied

from himself. The simple believeth every word, but the prudent man looketh well

to his going. A wise man feareth and departeth from evil, but the fool rageth in his confident.

He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly, and a man of wicked devices is hated. The simple inherit folly,

but the prudent are crowned with knowledge. The evil bow before the good, and the wicked at the

gates of the righteous. The poor is hated even of his own neighbor, but the rich hath many friends. He that despiseth his

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