New English Translation

Proverbs 12:1-6 New English Translation (NET)

1. The one who loves discipline loves knowledge,but the one who hates reproof is stupid.

2. A good person obtains favor from the Lord,but the Lord condemns a person with wicked schemes.

3. No one can be established through wickedness,but a righteous root cannot be moved.

4. A noble wife is the crown of her husband,but the wife who acts shamefully is like rottenness in his bones.

5. The plans of the righteous are just;the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.

6. The words of the wicked lie in wait to shed innocent blood,but the words of the upright will deliver them.