Proverbs 12
1 to love: lover discipline to love: lover knowledge and to hate argument stupid
Whoever is loving instruction, is loving knowledge, And whoever is hating reproof [is] brutish.
2 pleasant to promote acceptance from LORD and man plot be wicked
The good brings forth favor from YHWH, And the man of wicked schemes He condemns.
3 not to establish: establish man in/on/with wickedness and root righteous not to shake
A man is not established by wickedness, And the root of the righteous is not moved.
4 woman: wife strength: worthy crown master: husband her and like/as rottenness in/on/with bone his be ashamed
A virtuous woman [is] a crown to her husband, And as rottenness in his bones [is] one causing shame.
5 plot righteous justice counsel wicked deceit
The thoughts of the righteous [are] justice, The counsels of the wicked—deceit.
6 word wicked to ambush blood and lip upright to rescue them
The words of the wicked [are]: “Lay [in] wait for blood,” And the mouth of the upright delivers them.
7 to overturn wicked and nothing they and house: home righteous to stand: stand
Overthrow the wicked, and they are not, And the house of the righteous stands.
8 to/for lip: according understanding his to boast: praise man and to twist heart to be to/for contempt
A man is praised according to his wisdom, And the perverted of heart becomes despised.
9 pleasant to dishonor and servant/slave to/for him from to honor: honour and lacking food: bread
Better [is] the lightly esteemed who has a servant, Than the self-honored who lacks bread.
10 to know righteous soul: life animal his and compassion wicked cruel
The righteous knows the life of his beast, And the mercies of the wicked [are] cruel.
11 to serve: labour land: soil his to satisfy food: bread and to pursue worthless lacking heart
Whoever is tilling the ground is satisfied [with] bread, And whoever is pursuing vanities is lacking heart,
12 to desire wicked net bad: evil and root righteous to give: give
The wicked has desired the net of evildoers, And the root of the righteous gives.
13 in/on/with transgression lips snare bad: evil and to come out: come from distress righteous
The snare of the wicked [is] in transgression of the lips, And the righteous goes out from distress.
14 from fruit lip man to satisfy good and recompense hand man (to return: return *Q(K)*) to/for him
One [is] satisfied [with] good from the fruit of the mouth, And the deed of man’s hands returns to him.
15 way: conduct fool(ish) upright in/on/with eye his and to hear: hear to/for counsel wise
The way of a fool [is] right in his own eyes, And whoever is listening to counsel [is] wise.
16 fool(ish) in/on/with day: today to know vexation his and to cover dishonor prudent
The fool—his anger is known in a day, And the prudent is covering shame.
17 to breathe faithfulness to tell righteousness and witness deception deceit
Whoever utters faithfulness declares righteousness, And a false witness—deceit.
18 there to speak rashly like/as thrust sword and tongue wise healing
A rash speaker is like piercings of a sword, And the tongue of the wise is healing.
19 lips truth: true to establish: establish to/for perpetuity and till to disturb tongue deception
The lip of truth is established forever, And a tongue of falsehood for a moment.
20 deceit in/on/with heart to plow/plot bad: evil and to/for to advise peace joy
Deceit [is] in the heart of those devising evil, But for counselors of peace—joy.
21 not to meet to/for righteous all evil: trouble and wicked to fill bad: evil
No iniquity is desired by the righteous, And the wicked have been full of evil.
22 abomination LORD lips deception and to make: do faithfulness acceptance his
Lying lips [are] an abomination to YHWH, And steadfast doers [are] his delight.
23 man prudent to cover knowledge and heart fool to call: call out folly
A prudent man is concealing knowledge, And the heart of fools proclaims folly.
24 hand sharp to rule (and slackness *L(bah)*) to be to/for taskworker
The hand of the diligent rules, And slothfulness becomes tributary.
25 anxiety in/on/with heart man to bow her and word pleasant to rejoice her
Sorrow in the heart of a man bows down, And a good word makes him glad.
26 to spy from neighbor his righteous and way: conduct wicked to go astray them
The righteous searches his companion, And the way of the wicked causes them to err.
27 not to roast slackness wild game his and substance man precious sharp
The slothful does not roast his game, And the wealth of a diligent man is precious.
28 in/on/with way righteousness life and way: road path not death
In the path of righteousness [is] life, And in the way of [that] path [is] no death!
