Proverbs 15
1 answer tender to return: turn back rage and word toil to ascend: establish face: anger
A soft answer turns away wrath, but a grievous word stirs up anger.
2 tongue wise be good knowledge and lip fool to bubble folly
The tongue of the wise utters knowledge rightly, but the mouth of fools pours out folly.
3 in/on/with all place eye LORD to watch bad: evil and pleasant
The eyes of Jehovah are in every place, keeping watch upon the evil and the good.
4 healing tongue tree life and crookedness in/on/with her breaking in/on/with spirit
A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it is a breaking of the spirit.
5 fool(ish) to spurn discipline father his and to keep: look at argument be shrewd
A fool despises his father's correction, but he who regards reproof gets prudence.
6 house: home righteous wealth many and in/on/with produce wicked to trouble
In the house of a righteous man is much treasure, but in the revenues of a wicked man is trouble.
7 lips wise to scatter knowledge and heart fool not right
The lips of the wise disperse knowledge, but the heart of the foolish, not so.
8 sacrifice wicked abomination LORD and prayer upright acceptance his
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to Jehovah, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
9 abomination LORD way: conduct wicked and to pursue righteousness to love: lover
The way of a wicked man is an abomination to Jehovah, but he loves him who follows after righteousness.
10 discipline bad: harmful to/for to leave: forsake way to hate argument to die
There is grievous correction for him who forsakes the way. He who hates reproof shall die.
Sheol and Abaddon are before Jehovah. How much more then the hearts of the sons of men! (Sheol h7585)
12 not to love: lover to mock to rebuke to/for him to(wards) wise not to go: went
A scoffer does not like to be reproved. He will not go to the wise.
13 heart glad be good face and in/on/with injury heart spirit stricken
A glad heart makes a cheerful countenance, but by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken.
14 heart to understand to seek knowledge (and lip *Q(K)*) fool to pasture folly
The heart of him who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouth of fools feeds on folly.
15 all day afflicted bad: evil and pleasant heart feast continually
All the days of the afflicted are evil, but he who is of a cheerful heart has a continual feast.
16 pleasant little in/on/with fear LORD from treasure many and tumult in/on/with him
Better is little with the fear of Jehovah, than great treasure and trouble with it.
17 pleasant ration herb and love there from cattle to fatten and hating in/on/with him
Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a fatted ox and hatred with it.
18 man rage to stir up strife and slow face: anger to quiet strife
A wrathful man stirs up contention, but he who is slow to anger appeases strife.
19 way: conduct sluggish like/as hedge briar and way upright to build
The way of the sluggard is as a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is made a highway.
20 son: child wise to rejoice father and fool man to despise mother his
A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man despises his mother.
21 folly joy to/for lacking heart and man understanding (to smooth *L(abh)*) to go: walk
Folly is joy to him who is void of wisdom, but a man of understanding makes his going straight.
22 to break plot in/on/with nothing counsel and in/on/with abundance to advise to arise: establish
Where there is no counsel, plans are disappointed, but in the multitude of counselors they are established.
23 joy to/for man in/on/with answer lip his and word in/on/with time his what? pleasant
A man has joy in the answer of his mouth, and a word in due season, how good it is!
24 way life to/for above [to] to/for be prudent because to turn aside: depart from hell: Sheol beneath (Sheol h7585)
To the wise man the way of life is upward, that he may depart from Sheol beneath. (Sheol h7585)
25 house: home proud to pull LORD and to stand border: boundary widow
Jehovah will root up the house of the proud, but he will establish the border of the widow.
26 abomination LORD plot bad: evil and pure word pleasantness
Evil devices are an abomination to Jehovah, but pleasant words are pure.
27 to trouble house: household his to cut off: to gain unjust-gain and to hate gift to live
He who is greedy of gain troubles his own house, but he who hates bribes shall live.
28 heart righteous to mutter to/for to answer and lip wicked to bubble bad: evil
The heart of a righteous man meditates to answer, but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.
29 distant LORD from wicked and prayer righteous to hear: hear
Jehovah is far from the wicked, but he hears the prayer of the righteous.
30 light eye to rejoice heart tidings pleasant to prosper bone
The light of the eyes rejoices the heart. Good news make the bones fat.
31 ear to hear: hear argument life in/on/with entrails: among wise to lodge
The ear that hearkens to the reproof of life shall abide among the wise.
32 to neglect discipline to reject soul: myself his and to hear: hear argument to buy heart
He who refuses correction despises his own soul, but he who hearkens to reproof gets understanding.
33 fear LORD discipline: instruction wisdom and to/for face: before glory humility
The fear of Jehovah is the instruction of wisdom, and before honor is humility.
