Proverbs 14:1
14:1 Every wise woman {a} buildeth her house: but the foolish
     plucketh it down with her hands.

     (a) That is, takes pains to profit her family, and to do
         that which concerns her duty in her house.

Proverbs 14:2
14:2 He that walketh in his {b} uprightness feareth the LORD:
     but [he that is] perverse in his ways despiseth him.

     (b) That is, in uprightness of heart, and without
         hypocrisy.

Proverbs 14:3
14:3 In the mouth of the foolish [is] a {c} rod of pride: but
     the lips of the wise shall preserve them.

     (c) His proud tongue will cause him to be punished.

Proverbs 14:4
14:4 Where no {d} oxen [are], the crib [is] clean: but much
     increase [is] by the strength of the ox.

     (d) By the ox is meant labour, and by the crib the barn,
         meaning, without labour there is no profit.

Proverbs 14:5
14:5 A faithful witness will not lie: but {e}  a false witness
     will utter lies.

     (e) For the maintenance of his own ambition, and not for
         God's glory, as Simon Magus.

Proverbs 14:9
14:9 Fools make a mock at {f} sin: but among the righteous
     [there is] favour.

     (f) Does not know the grievousness of it, nor God's
         judgments against the same.

Proverbs 14:10
14:10 The heart knoweth its own {g} bitterness; and a stranger
      doth not intermeddle with its joy.

      (g) As a man's conscience is witness to his own grief, so
          another cannot feel the joy and comfort which a man
          feels in himself.

Proverbs 14:13
14:13 Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; {h} and the end
      of that mirth [is] heaviness.

      (h) He shows the allurement to sin, that it seems sweet,
          but the end of it is destruction.

Proverbs 14:14
14:14 The backslider in heart {i} shall be filled with his own
      ways: and a good man [shall be satisfied] from himself.

      (i) He who forsakes God will be punished, and made weary
          of his sins, in which he delighted.

Proverbs 14:19
14:19 The evil bow before the good; and the wicked {k} at the
      gates of the righteous.

      (k) If this come not daily to pass, we must consider that
          it is because of our sins, which hinder God's
          workings.

Proverbs 14:28
14:28 In the multitude of {l} people [is] the king's honour: but
      in the lack of people [is] the destruction of the prince.

      (l) That is, the strength of a king stands in many people.

Proverbs 14:33
14:33 Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath
      understanding: but [that which is] {m} in the midst of
      fools is made known.

      (m) Forasmuch as they are convicted by it, and silenced.