Chapter 14
2: Whoever keeps to an honest course fears Yahweh, whoever deserts his paths shows contempt for him.
3: Pride sprouts in the mouth of the fool, the lips of the wise keep them safe.
4: No oxen, empty manger; strong bull, much cash.
5: The truthful witness tells no lies, the false witness lies with every breath.
6: In vain the mocker looks for wisdom, knowledge comes easy to the intelligent.
7: Keep well clear of the fool, you will not find wise lips there.
8: With people of discretion, wisdom keeps a watch over their conduct, but the folly of fools leads them astray.
9: Fools mock at the sacrifice for sin, but favour resides among the honest.
10: The heart knows its own grief best, nor can a stranger share its joy.
11: The house of the wicked will be destroyed, the tent of the honest will prosper.
12: There are ways that some think straight, but they lead in the end to death.
13: Even in laughter the heart finds sadness, and joy makes way for sorrow.
14: The miscreant will reap the reward of his conduct, and the good the reward of his deeds.
15: The simpleton believes any message, a person of discretion treads a careful path.
16: The wise fears evil and avoids it, the fool is insolent and conceited.
17: A quick-tempered person commits rash acts, but a schemer is detestable.
18: Simpletons have folly for their portion, people of discretion knowledge for their crown.
19: The evil bow down before the good, the wicked, at the gates of the upright.
20: The poor is detestable even to a friend, but many are they who love someone rich.
21: One who despises the needy is at fault, one who takes pity on the poor is blessed.
22: Plan evil -- isn't this to go astray? Those who plan for good can earn faithful love and constancy.
23: Hard work always yields its profit, idle talk brings only want.
24: The crown of the wise is their riches; the folly of fools is folly.
25: A truthful witness saves lives, whoever utters lies is a deceiver.
26: In the fear of Yahweh is powerful security; for his children he is a refuge.
27: The fear of Yahweh is a life-giving spring for eluding the snares of death.
28: Large population, monarch's glory; dwindling population, ruler's ruin.
29: Mastery of temper is high proof of intelligence, a quick temper makes folly worse than ever.
30: The life of the body is a tranquil heart, but envy is a cancer in the bones.
31: To oppress the weak insults the Creator, kindness to the needy honours the Creator.
32: For evil-doing, the wicked will be flung headlong, but in integrity the upright will find refuge.
33: Wisdom resides in an understanding heart; she is not to be found in the hearts of fools.
34: Uprightness makes a nation great, by sin whole races are disgraced.
35: A king shows favour to a wise minister, but anger to one who shames him.
Chapter 15
2: The tongue of the wise makes knowledge welcome, the mouth of a fool spews folly.
3: The eyes of Yahweh are everywhere: observing the wicked and the good.
4: The tongue that soothes is a tree of life; the perverse tongue, a breaker of hearts.
5: Only a fool spurns a father's discipline, whoever accepts correction is discreet.
6: In the house of the upright there is no lack of treasure, the earnings of the wicked are fraught with anxiety.
7: The lips of the wise spread knowledge, not so the hearts of fools.
8: The sacrifice of the wicked is abhorrent to Yahweh, dear to him is the prayer of the honest.
9: The conduct of the wicked is abhorrent to Yahweh, but he loves the person whose goal is uprightness.
10: Correction is severe for one who leaves the way; whoever hates being reprimanded will die.
11: Sheol and Perdition lie open to Yahweh; how much more the human heart!
12: The mocker does not care to be reprimanded, and will not choose the wise as companions.
13: Glad heart means happy face, where the heart is sad the spirit is broken.
14: The heart of the wise seeks knowledge, a fool's mouth feeds on folly.
15: For the poor every day is evil, for the joyous heart it is always festival time.
16: Better to have little and with it fear of Yahweh than immense wealth and with it anxiety.
17: Better a dish of herbs when love is there than a fattened ox and hatred to go with it.
18: The hot-headed provokes disputes, the equable allays dissension.
19: The way of the lazy is like a thorny hedge, the path of the honest is a broad highway.
20: A wise child is a father's joy; only a brute despises his mother.
21: Folly appeals to someone without sense, a person of understanding goes straight forward.
22: Without deliberation plans come to nothing. Plans succeed where counsellors are many.
23: Anyone who has a ready answer has joy too: how satisfying is the apt reply!
24: For the prudent, the path of life leads upwards thus avoiding Sheol below.
25: Yahweh pulls down the house of the proud, but he keeps the widow's boundaries intact.
26: Wicked scheming is abhorrent to Yahweh, but words that are kind are pure.
27: Craving for dishonest gain brings trouble on a house, hatred of bribery earns life.
28: The heart of the upright reflects before answering, the mouth of the wicked spews out wickedness.
29: Yahweh keeps his distance from the wicked, but he listens to the prayers of the upright.
30: A kindly glance gives joy to the heart, good news lends strength to the bones.
31: The ear attentive to wholesome correction finds itself at home in the company of the wise.
32: Whoever rejects correction lacks self-respect, whoever accepts reproof grows in understanding.
33: The fear of Yahweh is a school of wisdom, before there can be glory, there must be humility.
Chapter 16
1: A human heart makes the plans, Yahweh gives the answer.
2: A person's own acts seem right to the doer, but Yahweh is the weigher of souls.
3: Commend what you do to Yahweh, and what you plan will be achieved.
4: Yahweh made everything for its own purpose, yes, even the wicked for the day of disaster.
5: Every arrogant heart is abhorrent to Yahweh: be sure this will not go unpunished.
6: By faithful love and constancy sin is expiated; by fear of Yahweh evil is avoided.
7: Let Yahweh be pleased with someone's way of life and he makes that person's very enemies into friends.
8: Better have little and with it uprightness than great revenues with injustice.
9: The human heart may plan a course, but it is Yahweh who makes the steps secure.
10: The lips of the king utter prophecies, he keeps faith when he speaks in judgement.
11: The balances and scales belong to Yahweh, all the weights in the bag are of his making.
12: Evil-doing is abhorrent to kings, since uprightness is a throne's foundation.
13: Upright lips are welcome to a king, he loves someone of honest words.
14: The king's wrath is the herald of death, but the wise will appease it.
15: When the king's face brightens it spells life, his favour is like the rain in spring.
16: Better gain wisdom than gold, choose understanding in preference to silver.
17: To turn from evil is the way of the honest; whoever watches the path keeps life safe.
18: Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall.
19: Better be humble with the poor than share the booty with the proud.
20: Whoever listens closely to the word finds happiness; whoever trusts Yahweh is blessed.
21: The wise of heart is acclaimed as intelligent, sweetness of speech increases knowledge.
22: Shrewdness is a fountain of life for its possessor, the folly of fools is their own punishment.
23: The heart of the wise lends shrewdness to speech and makes words more persuasive.
24: Kindly words are a honeycomb, sweet to the taste, wholesome to the body.
25: There is a way that some think straight, but it leads in the end to death.
26: A worker's appetite works on his behalf, for his hunger urges him on.
27: A worthless person concocts evil, such a one's talk is like a scorching fire.
28: A troublemaker sows strife, a slanderer divides friend from friend.
29: The violent lures his neighbour astray and leads him by a way that is not good.
30: Whoever narrows the eyes to think up tricks and purses the lips has already done wrong.
31: White hairs are a crown of honour, they are found in the ways of uprightness.
32: Better an equable person than a hero, someone with self-mastery than one who takes a city.
33: In the fold of the garment the lot is thrown, but from Yahweh comes the decision.
1: Better a mouthful of dry bread with peace than a house filled with quarrelsome sacrifices.
2: A shrewd servant comes off better than an unworthy child, he will share the inheritance with the brothers.
3: A furnace for silver, a foundry for gold, but Yahweh for the testing of hearts!
4: An evil-doer pays heed to malicious talk, a liar listens to a slanderous tongue.
5: To mock the poor is to insult the Creator, no one who laughs at distress will go unpunished.
6: The crown of the aged is their children's children; the children's glory is their father.
7: Fine words do not become the foolish, false words become a prince still less.
8: A gift works like a talisman for one who holds it: it brings prosperity at every turn.
9: Whoever covers an offence promotes love, whoever again raises the matter divides friends.
10: A reproof makes more impression on a person of understanding than a hundred strokes on a fool.
11: The wicked person thinks of nothing but rebellion, but a cruel messenger will be sent to such a one.
12: Rather come on a bear robbed of her cubs than on a fool in his folly.
13: Disaster will never be far from the house of one who returns evil for good.
14: As well unleash a flood as start a dispute; desist before the quarrel breaks out.
15: To absolve the guilty and condemn the upright, both alike are abhorrent to Yahweh.
16: What good is money in the hand of a fool? To buy wisdom with it? The desire is not there.
17: A friend is a friend at all times, it is for adversity that a brother is born.
18: Whoever offers guarantees lacks sense and goes surety for a neighbour.
19: The double-dealer loves sin, the proud courts ruin.
20: The tortuous of heart finds no happiness, the perverse of speech falls into misery.
21: He who fathers a stupid child does so to his sorrow, the father of a fool knows no joy.
22: A glad heart is excellent medicine, a depressed spirit wastes the bones away.
23: Under cover of his cloak a bad man takes a gift to pervert the course of justice.
24: The intelligent has wisdom there before him, but the eyes of a fool range to the ends of the earth.
25: A foolish child is a father's sorrow, and the grief of her who gave the child birth.
26: To fine the upright is indeed a crime, to strike the noble is an injustice.
27: Whoever can control the tongue knows what knowledge is, someone of understanding keeps a cool temper.
28: If the fool holds his tongue, he may pass for wise; if he seals his lips, he may pass for intelligent.
1: Whoever lives alone follows private whims, and is angered by advice of any kind.
2: A fool takes no pleasure in understanding but only in airing an opinion.
3: When wickedness comes, indignity comes too, and, with contempt, dishonour.
4: Deep waters, such are human words: a gushing stream, the utterance of wisdom.
5: It is not good to show partiality for the wicked and so to deprive the upright when giving judgement.
6: The lips of a fool go to the law-courts with a mouth that pleads for a beating.
7: The mouth of the fool works its owner's ruin, the lips of a fool are a snare for their owner's life.
8: The words of a slanderer are tasty morsels that go right down into the belly.
9: Whoever is idle at work is blood-brother to the destroyer.
10: The name of Yahweh is a strong tower; the upright runs to it and is secure.
11: The wealth of the rich forms a stronghold, a high wall, as the rich supposes.
12: The human heart is haughty until destruction comes, before there can be glory there must be humility.
13: To retort without first listening is both foolish and embarrassing.
14: Sickness the human spirit can endure, but when the spirit is broken, who can bear this?
15: The heart of the intelligent acquires learning, the ears of the wise search for knowledge.
16: A present will open all doors and win access to the great.
17: The first to plead is adjudged to be upright, until the next comes and cross-examines him.
18: The lot puts an end to disputes and decides between men of power.
19: A brother offended is worse than a fortified city, and quarrels are like the locks of a keep.
20: From the fruit of the mouth is a stomach filled, it is the yield of the lips that gives contentment.
21: Death and life are in the gift of the tongue, those who indulge it must eat the fruit it yields.
22: He who finds a wife finds happiness, receiving a mark of favour from Yahweh.
23: The language of the poor is entreaty, the answer of the rich harshness.
24: There are friends who point the way to ruin, others are closer than a brother.
2: A person's own acts seem right to the doer, but Yahweh is the weigher of souls.
3: Commend what you do to Yahweh, and what you plan will be achieved.
4: Yahweh made everything for its own purpose, yes, even the wicked for the day of disaster.
5: Every arrogant heart is abhorrent to Yahweh: be sure this will not go unpunished.
6: By faithful love and constancy sin is expiated; by fear of Yahweh evil is avoided.
7: Let Yahweh be pleased with someone's way of life and he makes that person's very enemies into friends.
8: Better have little and with it uprightness than great revenues with injustice.
9: The human heart may plan a course, but it is Yahweh who makes the steps secure.
10: The lips of the king utter prophecies, he keeps faith when he speaks in judgement.
11: The balances and scales belong to Yahweh, all the weights in the bag are of his making.
12: Evil-doing is abhorrent to kings, since uprightness is a throne's foundation.
13: Upright lips are welcome to a king, he loves someone of honest words.
14: The king's wrath is the herald of death, but the wise will appease it.
15: When the king's face brightens it spells life, his favour is like the rain in spring.
16: Better gain wisdom than gold, choose understanding in preference to silver.
17: To turn from evil is the way of the honest; whoever watches the path keeps life safe.
18: Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall.
19: Better be humble with the poor than share the booty with the proud.
20: Whoever listens closely to the word finds happiness; whoever trusts Yahweh is blessed.
21: The wise of heart is acclaimed as intelligent, sweetness of speech increases knowledge.
22: Shrewdness is a fountain of life for its possessor, the folly of fools is their own punishment.
23: The heart of the wise lends shrewdness to speech and makes words more persuasive.
24: Kindly words are a honeycomb, sweet to the taste, wholesome to the body.
25: There is a way that some think straight, but it leads in the end to death.
26: A worker's appetite works on his behalf, for his hunger urges him on.
27: A worthless person concocts evil, such a one's talk is like a scorching fire.
28: A troublemaker sows strife, a slanderer divides friend from friend.
29: The violent lures his neighbour astray and leads him by a way that is not good.
30: Whoever narrows the eyes to think up tricks and purses the lips has already done wrong.
31: White hairs are a crown of honour, they are found in the ways of uprightness.
32: Better an equable person than a hero, someone with self-mastery than one who takes a city.
33: In the fold of the garment the lot is thrown, but from Yahweh comes the decision.
Chapter 17
2: A shrewd servant comes off better than an unworthy child, he will share the inheritance with the brothers.
3: A furnace for silver, a foundry for gold, but Yahweh for the testing of hearts!
4: An evil-doer pays heed to malicious talk, a liar listens to a slanderous tongue.
5: To mock the poor is to insult the Creator, no one who laughs at distress will go unpunished.
6: The crown of the aged is their children's children; the children's glory is their father.
7: Fine words do not become the foolish, false words become a prince still less.
8: A gift works like a talisman for one who holds it: it brings prosperity at every turn.
9: Whoever covers an offence promotes love, whoever again raises the matter divides friends.
10: A reproof makes more impression on a person of understanding than a hundred strokes on a fool.
11: The wicked person thinks of nothing but rebellion, but a cruel messenger will be sent to such a one.
12: Rather come on a bear robbed of her cubs than on a fool in his folly.
13: Disaster will never be far from the house of one who returns evil for good.
14: As well unleash a flood as start a dispute; desist before the quarrel breaks out.
15: To absolve the guilty and condemn the upright, both alike are abhorrent to Yahweh.
16: What good is money in the hand of a fool? To buy wisdom with it? The desire is not there.
17: A friend is a friend at all times, it is for adversity that a brother is born.
18: Whoever offers guarantees lacks sense and goes surety for a neighbour.
19: The double-dealer loves sin, the proud courts ruin.
20: The tortuous of heart finds no happiness, the perverse of speech falls into misery.
21: He who fathers a stupid child does so to his sorrow, the father of a fool knows no joy.
22: A glad heart is excellent medicine, a depressed spirit wastes the bones away.
23: Under cover of his cloak a bad man takes a gift to pervert the course of justice.
24: The intelligent has wisdom there before him, but the eyes of a fool range to the ends of the earth.
25: A foolish child is a father's sorrow, and the grief of her who gave the child birth.
26: To fine the upright is indeed a crime, to strike the noble is an injustice.
27: Whoever can control the tongue knows what knowledge is, someone of understanding keeps a cool temper.
28: If the fool holds his tongue, he may pass for wise; if he seals his lips, he may pass for intelligent.
Chapter 18
2: A fool takes no pleasure in understanding but only in airing an opinion.
3: When wickedness comes, indignity comes too, and, with contempt, dishonour.
4: Deep waters, such are human words: a gushing stream, the utterance of wisdom.
5: It is not good to show partiality for the wicked and so to deprive the upright when giving judgement.
6: The lips of a fool go to the law-courts with a mouth that pleads for a beating.
7: The mouth of the fool works its owner's ruin, the lips of a fool are a snare for their owner's life.
8: The words of a slanderer are tasty morsels that go right down into the belly.
9: Whoever is idle at work is blood-brother to the destroyer.
10: The name of Yahweh is a strong tower; the upright runs to it and is secure.
11: The wealth of the rich forms a stronghold, a high wall, as the rich supposes.
12: The human heart is haughty until destruction comes, before there can be glory there must be humility.
13: To retort without first listening is both foolish and embarrassing.
14: Sickness the human spirit can endure, but when the spirit is broken, who can bear this?
15: The heart of the intelligent acquires learning, the ears of the wise search for knowledge.
16: A present will open all doors and win access to the great.
17: The first to plead is adjudged to be upright, until the next comes and cross-examines him.
18: The lot puts an end to disputes and decides between men of power.
19: A brother offended is worse than a fortified city, and quarrels are like the locks of a keep.
20: From the fruit of the mouth is a stomach filled, it is the yield of the lips that gives contentment.
21: Death and life are in the gift of the tongue, those who indulge it must eat the fruit it yields.
22: He who finds a wife finds happiness, receiving a mark of favour from Yahweh.
23: The language of the poor is entreaty, the answer of the rich harshness.
24: There are friends who point the way to ruin, others are closer than a brother.
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