Proverbs 14

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Proverbs 14 gathers sayings about the difference between wisdom and folly as it shows up in houses, hearts, words, work, and nations. It contains one of the book's most sobering lines, "There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death," and some of its most tender: the heart knows its own bitterness, even in laughter the heart may ache, a tranquil heart is life to the body. It insists that how a people treat the poor is how they treat their Maker, and that righteousness exalts a nation.

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Proverbs 14 opens with a house built by a wise woman and torn down by a foolish one, and it keeps returning to what builds and what destroys. The fool's proud speech brings a rod to his back; the wise are protected by their lips. The empty manger is clean, but the harvest comes through the strength of the ox, a proverb that has consoled everyone who has ever cleaned up after productive work. Then the chapter goes somewhere Proverbs rarely goes, inside the heart. It knows its own bitterness, and no stranger shares its joy. Even in laughter it may ache. And in the middle sits the line that the book repeats later because it matters so much: there is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death. The chapter's closing verses are its heaviest. The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life and a refuge for one's children. A patient person has great understanding. A tranquil heart is life to the body, but envy rots the bones. Whoever oppresses the poor taunts their Maker. Righteousness exalts a nation. Read it slowly, one saying at a time, the way it was written to be read, and let the contrasts do their work.

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Proverbs 14:1-4 Proverbs 14:10-13 Proverbs 14:26-31 Proverbs 14:34 Proverbs 16:25

Historical and literary context

The chapter belongs to the Solomonic collection of two-line proverbs in chapters 10 to 22, teaching material for young Israelites learning to live well in family, trade, court, and kingdom. Its references to the manger and the ox, the witness in court, the king and his subjects, and the poor at the gate reflect an agrarian society governed by elders and a monarch. Its sayings were meant to be memorized and turned over, not read once.

How the chapter unfolds

Like its neighbors, the chapter is a sequence of contrasts without a strict outline, but themes cluster. Verses 1 to 9 concern the wise and the fool in house, speech, and work, including the empty manger that comes with no oxen. Verses 10 to 15 turn inward to the heart: its private bitterness, laughter that hides ache, the way that seems right, the simple who believe everything. Verses 16 to 25 contrast prudence with rashness, the poor with the rich, and truthful with lying witnesses. Verses 26 to 35 gather the chapter's weightiest sayings on the fear of the LORD, patience, a tranquil heart, the poor and their Maker, refuge in death, and the righteousness that exalts a nation.

Why this chapter matters

Proverbs 14:12 is one of the most quoted verses in the book, repeated word for word in 16:25, and it names the central danger wisdom exists to address: sincere self-confidence on a path that ends in death. The chapter also offers rare psychological realism for its age, acknowledging private grief no one else can share and joy that ends in sorrow. Verse 31, "Whoever oppresses the poor taunts their Maker," grounds social justice in the doctrine of creation, and verse 34 has been quoted about nations for centuries. Verse 26 promises that the fear of the LORD gives security not only to a person but to their children.

Interpretive tension to watch

Verse 20 observes that the poor are hated even by their neighbors while the rich have many friends, and the next verse calls despising a neighbor a sin. Is Proverbs describing how the world works or prescribing how it should? The book does both, often in adjacent lines, and the reader has to notice the shift. Reading verse 20 as diagnosis and verse 21 as instruction is the wisdom the chapter is trying to teach.

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  • Verse 12 warns of a way that seems right and ends in death. What makes a wrong path feel right, and what does the chapter offer as a check?
  • Verses 10 and 13 admit that hearts carry bitterness and ache that others cannot see. How should that shape the way you treat people who seem fine?
  • Verse 31 says oppressing the poor taunts their Maker. What follows from that for how a community treats its most vulnerable?

Study with context

Use this as a chapter guide, then press deeper into the text itself. The goal is to slow down observation, notice structure, and ask better questions before jumping to conclusions.

Notlara Ekle
1 Every wise woman hath builded her house, And the foolish with her hands breaketh it down. 2 Whoso is walking in his uprightness is fearing Jehovah, And the perverted [in] his ways is despising Him. 3 In the mouth of a fool [is] a rod of pride, And the lips of the wise preserve them. 4 Without oxen a stall [is] clean, And great [is] the increase by the power of the ox. 5 A faithful witness lieth not, And a false witness breatheth out lies. 6 A scorner hath sought wisdom, and it is not, And knowledge to the intelligent [is] easy. 7 Go from before a foolish man, Or thou hast not known the lips of knowledge. 8 The wisdom of the prudent [is] to understand his way, And the folly of fools [is] deceit. 9 Fools mock at a guilt-offering, And among the upright — a pleasing thing. 10 The heart knoweth its own bitterness, And with its joy a stranger doth not intermeddle. 11 The house of the wicked is destroyed, And the tent of the upright flourisheth. 12 There is a way — right before a man, And its latter end [are] ways of death. 13 Even in laughter is the heart pained, And the latter end of joy [is] affliction. 14 From his ways is the backslider in heart filled, And a good man — from his fruits. 15 The simple giveth credence to everything, And the prudent attendeth to his step. 16 The wise is fearing and turning from evil, And a fool is transgressing and is confident. 17 Whoso is short of temper doth folly, And a man of wicked devices is hated. 18 The simple have inherited folly, And the prudent are crowned [with] knowledge. 19 The evil have bowed down before the good, And the wicked at the gates of the righteous. 20 Even of his neighbour is the poor hated, And those loving the rich [are] many. 21 Whoso is despising his neighbour sinneth, Whoso is favouring the humble, O his happiness. 22 Do not they err who are devising evil? And kindness and truth [are] to those devising good, 23 In all labour there is advantage, And a thing of the lips [is] only to want. 24 The crown of the wise is their wealth, The folly of fools [is] folly. 25 A true witness is delivering souls, And a deceitful one breatheth out lies. 26 In the fear of Jehovah [is] strong confidence, And to His sons there is a refuge. 27 The fear of Jehovah [is] a fountain of life, To turn aside from snares of death. 28 In the multitude of a people [is] the honour of a king, And in lack of people the ruin of a prince. 29 Whoso is slow to anger [is] of great understanding, And whoso is short in temper is exalting folly. 30 A healed heart [is] life to the flesh, And rottenness to the bones [is] envy. 31 An oppressor of the poor reproacheth his Maker, And whoso is honouring Him Is favouring the needy. 32 In his wickedness is the wicked driven away, And trustful in his death [is] the righteous. 33 In the heart of the intelligent wisdom doth rest. And in the midst of fools it is known. 34 Righteousness exalteth a nation, And the goodliness of peoples [is] a sin-offering. 35 The favour of a king [is] to a wise servant, And an object of his wrath is one causing shame!

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