New Living Translation

Proverbs 14:4-12 New Living Translation (NLT)

4. Without oxen a stable stays clean,but you need a strong ox for a large harvest.

5. An honest witness does not lie;a false witness breathes lies.

6. A mocker seeks wisdom and never finds it,but knowledge comes easily to those with understanding.

7. Stay away from fools,for you won’t find knowledge on their lips.

8. The prudent understand where they are going,but fools deceive themselves.

9. Fools make fun of guilt,but the godly acknowledge it and seek reconciliation.

10. Each heart knows its own bitterness,and no one else can fully share its joy.

11. The house of the wicked will be destroyed,but the tent of the godly will flourish.

12. There is a path before each person that seems right,but it ends in death.