Proverbs 14
1 wise woman to build house: home her and folly in/on/with hand her to overthrow him
Every wise woman has built her house, And the foolish breaks it down with her hands.
2 to go: walk in/on/with uprightness his afraid LORD and be devious way: conduct his to despise him
Whoever is walking in his uprightness is fearing YHWH, And the perverted is despising Him [in] his ways.
3 in/on/with lip fool(ish) branch pride and lips wise to keep: guard them
A rod of pride [is] in the mouth of a fool, And the lips of the wise preserve them.
4 in/on/with nothing cattle crib pure and abundance produce in/on/with strength cattle
Without oxen a stall [is] clean, And great [is] the increase by the power of the ox.
5 witness faithful not to lie and to breathe lie witness deception
A faithful witness does not lie, And a false witness breathes out lies.
6 to seek to mock wisdom and nothing and knowledge to/for to understand to lighten
A scorner has sought wisdom, and it is not, And knowledge [is] easy to the intelligent.
7 to go: went from before to/for man fool and not to know lip: words knowledge
Go from before a foolish man, Or you have not known the lips of knowledge.
8 wisdom prudent to understand way: conduct his and folly fool deceit
The wisdom of the prudent [is] to understand his way, And the folly of fools [is] deceit.
9 fool(ish) to mock guilt (offering) and between upright acceptance
Fools mock at a guilt-offering, And among the upright—a pleasing thing.
10 heart to know bitterness soul: myself his and in/on/with joy his not to pledge be a stranger
The heart knows its own bitterness, And a stranger does not interfere with its joy.
11 house: household wicked to destroy and tent upright to sprout
The house of the wicked is destroyed, And the tent of the upright flourishes.
12 there way: conduct upright to/for face of man and end her way: conduct death
There is a way—right before a man, And its latter end [are] ways of death.
13 also in/on/with laughter to pain heart and end her joy grief
Even in laughter is the heart pained, And the latter end of joy [is] affliction.
14 from way: conduct his to satisfy to turn heart and from upon him man pleasant
The backslider in heart is filled from his ways, And a good man—from his fruits.
15 simple be faithful to/for all word: thing and prudent to understand to/for step his
The simple gives credence to everything, And the prudent attends to his step.
16 wise afraid and to turn aside: depart from bad: evil and fool be arrogant and to trust
The wise is fearing and turning from evil, And a fool is transgressing and is confident.
17 short face: anger to make: do folly and man plot to hate
Whoever is short of temper does folly, And a man of wicked schemes is hated.
18 to inherit simple folly and prudent to surround knowledge
The simple have inherited folly, And the prudent are crowned [with] knowledge.
19 to bow bad: evil to/for face: before pleasant and wicked upon gate righteous
The evil have bowed down before the good, And the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
20 also to/for neighbor his to hate be poor and to love: friend rich many
The poor is hated even of his neighbor, And those loving the rich [are] many.
21 to despise to/for neighbor his to sin and be gracious (poor *Q(K)*) blessed he
Whoever is despising his neighbor sins, Whoever is favoring the humble, O his blessedness.
22 not to go astray to plow/plot bad: evil and kindness and truth: faithful to plow/plot good
Do they who are devising evil not err? And kindness and truth [are] to those devising good,
23 in/on/with all toil to be advantage and word: because lip: words surely to/for need
In all labor there is advantage, And a thing of the lips [is] only to want.
24 crown wise riches their folly fool folly
The crown of the wise is their wealth, The folly of fools [is] folly.
25 to rescue soul: life witness truth: true and to breathe lie deceit
A true witness is delivering souls, And a deceitful one breathes out lies.
26 in/on/with fear LORD confidence strength and to/for son: child his to be refuge
Strong confidence [is] in the fear of YHWH, And there is a refuge to His sons.
27 fear LORD fountain life to/for to turn aside: depart from snare death
The fear of YHWH [is] a fountain of life, To turn aside from snares of death.
28 in/on/with abundance people adornment king and in/on/with end people terror prince
The honor of a king [is] in the multitude of a people, And the ruin of a prince in lack of people.
29 slow face: anger many understanding and short spirit: temper to exalt folly
Whoever is slow to anger [is] of great understanding, And whoever is short in temper is exalting folly.
30 life flesh heart healing and rottenness bone jealousy
A healed heart [is] life to the flesh, And rottenness to the bones [is] envy.
31 to oppress poor to taunt to make him and to honor: honour him be gracious needy
An oppressor of the poor reproaches his Maker, And whoever is honoring Him Is favoring the needy.
32 in/on/with distress: evil his to thrust wicked and to seek refuge in/on/with death his righteous
The wicked is driven away in his wickedness, And the righteous [is] trustful in his death.
33 in/on/with heart to understand to rest wisdom and in/on/with entrails: among fool to know
Wisdom rests in the heart of the intelligent. And it is known in the midst of fools.
34 righteousness to exalt nation and shame people sin
Righteousness exalts a nation, And the righteousness of peoples [is] a sin-offering.
35 acceptance king to/for servant/slave be prudent and fury his to be be ashamed
The favor of a king [is] to a wise servant, And one causing shame is an object of his wrath!
