Proverbs 12
1 [one who] loves Discipline [is] loving knowledge and [one who] hates rebuke [is] stupid.
Those who want to know [what is right to do] want to be (disciplined/corrected) when they do what is wrong; it is foolish to not want to be (corrected/told that what you did is wrong).
2 A good [person] he obtains favor from Yahweh and a person of evil devices he condemns as guilty.
Yahweh is pleased with good people, but he condemns those who plan to harm [others].
3 Not he is established anyone by wickedness and [the] root of righteous [people] not it is moved.
People do not become secure/safe by doing what is wicked; righteous [people] will be very safe and secure [LIT] like [MET] a tree that has deep roots.
4 A wife of ability [is] [the] crown of husband her and [is] like rottenness in bones his a [woman who] acts shamefully.
A good wife is one who causes her husband to be greatly honored, but a wife who does things that cause her husband to be ashamed [will destroy him] like [SIM] cancer [destroys] his bones.
5 [the] plans of Righteous [people] [are] justice [the] counsel of wicked [people] [are] deceit.
What righteous [people] want to do is [to treat people] fairly; what wicked [people] want to do is to deceive people.
6 [the] words of Wicked [people] [are] to lie in wait for blood and [the] mouth of upright [people] it delivers them.
What wicked [people] say is like a trap [MET] that kills [MTY] people [who pass by], but what righteous [people] say [MTY] rescues those whom [wicked people threaten to harm].
7 [someone] overthrows Wicked [people] and there not [are] they and [the] household of righteous [people] it endures.
Wicked [people] will die [before they become old and we will see] them no more, but righteous people will live [for many years] and have many descendants.
8 To [the] mouth of prudence his he is praised a person and a [person] perverted of heart he will become contempt.
[People will] praise those who have good sense, but [people will] despise those (who are always thinking about doing evil things/whose thinking is twisted).
9 [is] good A lightly esteemed [person] and a servant [belongs] to him more than [one who] honors himself and [one] lacking of food.
It is better to be a humble/ordinary person who has only one servant than to think that you are very important while you have nothing to eat.
10 [is] knowing A righteous [person] [the] life of animals his and [the] compassion of wicked [people] [is] cruel.
Righteous people take care of their domestic animals, but wicked people act cruelly [toward their animals].
11 [one who] works Land his he will be satisfied food and [one who] pursues worthless things [is] lacking of heart.
Farmers who work hard in their fields will [produce good crops] that will give them plenty to eat, but those who waste their time working on worthless projects are foolish.
12 He covets a wicked [person] a net of evil [things] and [the] root of righteous [people] it yields produce.
Wicked [people] desire to take away what [other] evil people have, but [Yahweh] enables righteous/godly [people] to be steadfast and productive [MET].
13 [is] in [the] transgression of Lips a snare evil and he came out from trouble a righteous [person].
Evil people are trapped by the evil things that they say [MTY], but righteous [people] escape from trouble.
14 From [the] fruit of [the] mouth of a person he will be satisfied good thing[s] and [the] dealing of [the] hands of a person (he will repay *Q(K)*) to him.
People are rewarded for [the good things] that they say [to others], and people are [also] rewarded for the good work that they do [MTY].
15 [the] way of A fool [is] right in own eyes his and [one who] listens to advice [is] wise.
Foolish people [always] think that what they are doing is right; wise people heed [other people when they give them good] advice.
16 A fool on the day it is known anger his and [one who] conceals shame [is] sensible.
Foolish people quickly become angry when someone does something that they don’t like; but those who have good sense ignore it when others insult them.
17 He breathes out faithfulness he declares righteousness and a witness of lies deceit.
[In the courtroom], honest people say what is true, but untruthful/dishonest people tell [nothing but] lies.
18 There [is one who] speaks rashly like thrusts of a sword and [the] tongue of wise [people] [is] healing.
What some people say [hurts people badly], as much as [SIM] a sword can; but what wise [people] say (heals [others’ souls]/comforts others).
19 A lip of reliability it will be established for ever and until I will grant rest a tongue of falsehood.
When people tell [MTY] lies, others soon realize that what they said is not true [IDM]; but when people say what is true, others will remember that forever.
20 Deceit [is] in [the] heart of devisers of evil and [belongs] to counselors of peace joy.
Those who plan to do what is evil are always wanting to deceive [others], but things will go well for those who plan [to do] good things.
21 Not it happens to the righteous any trouble and wicked [people] they are full distress.
Bad things [usually] [HYP] do not happen to righteous [people], but wicked [people] always have troubles.
22 [are] [the] abomination of Yahweh lips of falsehood and doers of faithfulness [are] delight his.
Yahweh detests those [MTY] who tell lies, but he is delighted with those who faithfully do what they promise that they will do.
23 A person sensible [is] concealing knowledge and [the] heart of fools it proclaims foolishness.
Those with good sense do not reveal [all] that they know; foolish people show [clearly] by what they say that they (are ignorant/have not learned much).
24 [the] hand of Diligent [people] it will rule (and idleness *L(bah)*) it will become forced labor.
Those [SYN] who work hard become rulers [of others]; those who are lazy become slaves [of others.]
25 Anxiety in [the] heart of a person it bows down it and a word good it makes glad it.
When people are anxious/worried, they become depressed/dejected, but when others speak kindly to them, it causes them to be cheerful again.
26 He makes a search from friend his a righteous [person] and [the] way of wicked [people] it misleads them.
Godly/Righteous people try to [give good advice to] their friends (OR, try to make friends with others), but the manner in which wicked [people] live misleads their friends.
27 Not he roasts idleness game his and [the] wealth of a person precious diligent.
Lazy people do not even [cook the meat of] the animals that they catch/kill, but those who work hard will acquire (OR, are like) a valuable treasure.
28 [is] in [the] path of Righteousness life and [the] direction of a pathway may not [it be to] death.
Those who (live righteously/continually do what is right) are [walking] on the road to a long life; (it is not a road to death/they will not die when they are still young).
