{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/akjv/proverbs/10","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T13:45:49.500Z"},"reference":{"translation":"AKJV","book":"Proverbs","bookSlug":"proverbs","chapter":10,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":9,"nextChapter":11,"totalChapters":31,"totalVerses":32},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivers from death."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casts away the substance of the wicked."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"He becomes poor that deals with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent makes rich."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"He that gathers in summer is a wise son: but he that sleeps in harvest is a son that causes shame."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Blessings are on the head of the just: but violence covers the mouth of the wicked."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"He that walks uprightly walks surely: but he that perverts his ways shall be known."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"He that winks with the eye causes sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covers the mouth of the wicked."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Hatred stirs up strifes: but love covers all sins."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"In the lips of him that has understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"The labor of the righteous tends to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"He is in the way of life that keeps instruction: but he that refuses reproof errs."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"He that hides hatred with lying lips, and he that utters a slander, is a fool."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"In the multitude of words there wants not sin: but he that refrains his lips is wise."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"The blessing of the LORD, it makes rich, and he adds no sorrow with it."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding has wisdom."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"The fear of the wicked, it shall come on him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"As the whirlwind passes, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"The fear of the LORD prolongs days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"The way of the LORD is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity."},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth."},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"The mouth of the just brings forth wisdom: but the fraudulent tongue shall be cut out."},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaks frowardness."}],"citation":{"inline":"Proverbs 10 (AKJV)","markdown":"[Proverbs 10](https://primebible.com/akjv/proverbs/10)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* AKJV. https://primebible.com/akjv/proverbs/10 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}