Proverbs 10 (NET)

Proverbs 10:1¹The proverbs of Solomon: A wise child makes a father rejoice, but a foolish child is a grief to his mother.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 1:1Prov 17:25Prov 29:15Prov 23:15-16Prov 29:3Prov 23:24-25Prov 15:20Prov 17:21Eccl 12:9Prov 19:13

Proverbs 10:2²Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit, but righteousness delivers from death.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 11:4Prov 12:28Prov 21:6Ps 49:6-10Ezek 7:19Rom 5:21Zeph 1:18Dan 4:27Isa 10:2-3Luke 16:22-23

Proverbs 10:3³The Lord satisfies the appetite of the righteous, but he thwarts the craving of the wicked.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 37:3Matt 6:30-33Ps 37:25Ps 34:9-10Ps 33:19Ps 37:19Zeph 1:18Heb 13:5-6Job 5:20Luke 12:31

Proverbs 10:4⁴The one who is lazy becomes poor, but the one who works diligently becomes wealthy.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 20:4Prov 13:4Prov 19:15Prov 21:5Prov 12:24Prov 6:6-111 Cor 15:58Prov 11:24Prov 19:24Prov 20:13

Proverbs 10:5⁵The one who gathers crops in the summer is a wise son, but the one who sleeps during harvest is a shameful son.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 6:8Prov 30:25Prov 17:2Isa 55:6-7Prov 19:26Prov 6:6Prov 12:4

Proverbs 10:6⁶Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but the speech of the wicked conceals violence.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 28:2Prov 28:20Job 29:13Prov 10:11Prov 24:252 Tim 1:16-18Esth 7:8Prov 11:26Ps 107:42Rom 3:19

Proverbs 10:7⁷The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the reputation of the wicked will rot.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 112:6Luke 1:48Mark 14:9Ps 109:132 Chr 24:16Ps 109:15Job 18:17Ps 9:5-61 Kgs 11:362 Kgs 19:34

Proverbs 10:8⁸The wise person accepts instructions, but the one who speaks foolishness will come to ruin.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 7:24-25Jas 3:13Prov 12:1Prov 9:9Ps 119:34Eccl 10:12Prov 1:5Prov 13:3Prov 18:6-7Prov 10:10

Proverbs 10:9⁹The one who conducts himself in integrity will live securely, but the one who behaves perversely will be found out.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 28:18Matt 10:26Ps 26:11-12Isa 33:15-161 Cor 4:51 Tim 5:25Luke 12:1-2Ps 25:21Ps 84:11Prov 3:23

Proverbs 10:10¹⁰The one who winks his eye causes trouble, and the one who speaks foolishness will come to ruin.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 35:19Prov 6:133 John 1:10Prov 10:8Job 15:12Prov 18:21Prov 18:6-7

Proverbs 10:11¹¹The speech of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the speech of the wicked conceals violence.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 13:14Eph 4:29Prov 10:20-21Prov 10:6Prov 18:4Prov 10:32Prov 15:7Prov 16:22-24Ps 37:30-31Eccl 10:12-14

Proverbs 10:12¹²Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers all transgressions.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Pet 4:81 Cor 13:4-7Prov 17:9Prov 15:18Jas 5:20Jas 4:1Prov 16:27Prov 28:25Prov 29:22

Proverbs 10:13¹³Wisdom is found in the words of the discerning person, but the one who lacks sense will be disciplined.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 26:3Prov 6:32Isa 50:4Prov 10:10-11Prov 10:21Prov 10:31Prov 15:23Prov 15:7Prov 17:10Prov 19:29

Proverbs 10:14¹⁴Those who are wise store up knowledge, but foolish speech leads to imminent destruction.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 10:8Prov 18:7Prov 13:3Prov 10:10Prov 9:92 Cor 4:6-7Matt 12:35Matt 13:44Matt 13:52Prov 1:5

Proverbs 10:15¹⁵The wealth of a rich person is like a fortified city, but the poor are brought to ruin by their poverty.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 18:11Prov 19:7Ps 52:7Prov 14:20Eccl 7:12Prov 22:22-231 Tim 6:17Jer 9:23Job 31:24-25Luke 12:19

Proverbs 10:16¹⁶The reward that the righteous receive is life; the recompense that the wicked receive is judgment.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 3:10-11Rom 6:23Heb 6:10John 6:271 Cor 15:58Prov 11:18-19Gal 6:7-9Matt 12:33-34Matt 7:17-18Prov 11:30

Proverbs 10:17¹⁷The one who heeds instruction is on the way to life, but the one who rejects rebuke goes astray.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Pet 1:5-11Prov 15:10Luke 11:28Prov 5:12Prov 6:23Prov 3:18Prov 12:1Prov 4:13Matt 7:24-27Prov 29:1

Proverbs 10:18¹⁸The one who conceals hatred utters lies, and the one who spreads slander is certainly a fool.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 26:24-26Ps 55:212 Sam 13:23-292 Sam 3:27Ps 15:31 Sam 18:21-221 Sam 18:292 Sam 11:8-152 Sam 20:9-10Luke 20:20-21

Proverbs 10:19¹⁹When words abound, transgression is inevitable, but the one who restrains his words is wise.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jas 1:19Jas 3:2Prov 17:27-28Eccl 10:13-14Eccl 5:3Ps 39:1

Proverbs 10:20²⁰What the righteous say is like the best silver, but what the wicked think is of little value.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 6:5Jer 17:9Prov 12:18Matt 12:34-35Gen 8:21Prov 15:4Prov 16:13Prov 23:7Prov 8:19Prov 25:11-12

Proverbs 10:21²¹The teaching of the righteous feeds many, but fools die for lack of sense.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Hos 4:6Prov 17:16Prov 1:29Eccl 12:9-10Job 4:3-4Matt 13:19Prov 15:4Job 23:12Job 29:21-22Prov 1:31

Proverbs 10:22²²The blessing from the Lord makes a person rich, and he adds no sorrow to it.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 107:381 Sam 2:7-8Gen 26:12Gen 24:35Gen 12:2Deut 8:17-18Ps 37:22Ps 113:7-8Prov 20:21Gen 13:2

Proverbs 10:23²³Carrying out a wicked scheme is enjoyable to a fool, and so is wisdom for the one who has discernment.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 15:21Prov 14:9Prov 2:14Prov 26:18-19Eccl 11:9

Proverbs 10:24²⁴What the wicked fears will come on him; what the righteous desire will be granted.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 145:19Isa 66:4Matt 5:61 John 5:14-15Job 15:21Ps 37:4Heb 10:27Job 3:25John 16:24Ps 21:2

Proverbs 10:25²⁵When the storm passes through, the wicked are swept away, but the righteous are an everlasting foundation.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 15:5Matt 7:24-27Prov 12:3Ps 58:91 Tim 6:192 Tim 2:19Eph 2:20Isa 40:24Job 21:18Matt 16:18

Proverbs 10:26²⁶Like vinegar to the teeth and like smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to those who send him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 25:13Prov 26:6Matt 25:26Prov 25:20Heb 6:12Isa 65:5Rom 12:11

Proverbs 10:27²⁷Fearing the Lord prolongs life, but the life span of the wicked will be shortened.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 9:11Prov 3:2Ps 91:16Job 15:32-33Job 22:15-16Ps 21:4Ps 34:11-13Eccl 7:17Luke 12:20Prov 3:16

Proverbs 10:28²⁸The hope of the righteous is joy, but the expectation of the wicked perishes.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Job 8:13Ps 73:24-26Rom 15:13Prov 11:72 Thess 2:16Job 11:20Prov 14:32Ps 112:10Rom 12:12Rom 5:2

Proverbs 10:29²⁹The way of the Lord is like a stronghold for the upright, but it is destruction to evildoers.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 21:15Rom 2:8-9Phil 4:13Isa 40:31Ps 36:12Ps 37:20Ps 84:7Ps 92:7Zech 10:12Job 31:3

Proverbs 10:30³⁰The righteous will never be moved, but the wicked will not inhabit the land.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 37:22Ps 125:1Ps 37:28-29Ps 37:9-10Prov 2:21-22Prov 10:25Ps 16:82 Pet 1:10-11Matt 21:41Ps 112:6

Proverbs 10:31³¹The speech of the righteous bears the fruit of wisdom, but the one who speaks perversion will be destroyed.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 37:30Prov 10:13Prov 10:20-21Prov 10:11Ps 120:3-4Ps 31:18Ps 63:11

Proverbs 10:32³²The lips of the righteous know what is pleasing, but the speech of the wicked is perverse.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 11:11Prov 12:18Prov 12:6Prov 15:28Prov 2:12Eccl 12:10Prov 15:2Prov 18:6-8Dan 4:27Eccl 10:12