Proverbs 15
1 answer tender to return: turn back rage and word toil to ascend: establish face: anger
By a soft answer wrath is turned away, but a bitter word is a cause of angry feelings.
2 tongue wise be good knowledge and lip fool to bubble folly
Knowledge is dropping from the tongue of the wise; but from the mouth of the foolish comes a stream of foolish words.
3 in/on/with all place eye LORD to watch bad: evil and pleasant
The eyes of the Lord are in every place, keeping watch on the evil and the good.
4 healing tongue tree life and crookedness in/on/with her breaking in/on/with spirit
A comforting tongue is a tree of life, but a twisted tongue is a crushing of the spirit.
5 fool(ish) to spurn discipline father his and to keep: look at argument be shrewd
A foolish man puts no value on his father's training; but he who has respect for teaching has good sense.
6 house: home righteous wealth many and in/on/with produce wicked to trouble
In the house of the upright man there is a great store of wealth; but in the profits of the sinner there is trouble.
7 lips wise to scatter knowledge and heart fool not right
The lips of the wise keep knowledge, but the heart of the foolish man is not right.
8 sacrifice wicked abomination LORD and prayer upright acceptance his
The offering of the evil-doer is disgusting to the Lord, but the prayer of the upright man is his delight.
9 abomination LORD way: conduct wicked and to pursue righteousness to love: lover
The way of the evil-doer is disgusting to the Lord, but he who goes after righteousness is dear to him.
10 discipline bad: harmful to/for to leave: forsake way to hate argument to die
There is bitter punishment for him who is turned from the way; and death will be the fate of the hater of teaching.
Before the Lord are the underworld and destruction: how much more, then, the hearts of the children of men! (Sheol h7585)
12 not to love: lover to mock to rebuke to/for him to(wards) wise not to go: went
The hater of authority has no love for teaching: 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 shining face, but by the sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
14 heart to understand to seek knowledge (and lip *Q(K)*) fool to pasture folly
The heart of the man of good sense goes in search of knowledge, but foolish things are the food of the unwise.
15 all day afflicted bad: evil and pleasant heart feast continually
All the days of the troubled are evil; but he whose heart is glad has an unending feast.
16 pleasant little in/on/with fear LORD from treasure many and tumult in/on/with him
Better is a little with the fear of the Lord, than great wealth together with trouble.
17 pleasant ration herb and love there from cattle to fatten and hating in/on/with him
Better is a simple meal where love is, than a fat ox and hate with it.
18 man rage to stir up strife and slow face: anger to quiet strife
An angry man makes men come to blows, but he who is slow to get angry puts an end to fighting.
19 way: conduct sluggish like/as hedge briar and way upright to build
Thorns are round the way of the hater of work; but the road of the hard worker becomes 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 has no respect for his mother.
21 folly joy to/for lacking heart and man understanding (to smooth *L(abh)*) to go: walk
Foolish behaviour is joy to the unwise; but a man of good sense makes his way straight.
22 to break plot in/on/with nothing counsel and in/on/with abundance to advise to arise: establish
Where there are no wise suggestions, purposes come to nothing; but by a number of wise guides they are made certain.
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 at the right time, 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)
Acting wisely is the way of life, guiding a man away from the underworld. (Sheol h7585)
25 house: home proud to pull LORD and to stand border: boundary widow
The house of the man of pride will be uprooted by the Lord, but he will make safe the heritage of the widow.
26 abomination LORD plot bad: evil and pure word pleasantness
Evil designs are disgusting to the Lord, but the words of the clean-hearted are pleasing.
27 to trouble house: household his to cut off: to gain unjust-gain and to hate gift to live
He whose desires are fixed on profit is a cause of trouble to his family; but he who has no desire for offerings will have life.
28 heart righteous to mutter to/for to answer and lip wicked to bubble bad: evil
The heart of the upright gives thought to his answer; but from the mouth of the evil-doer comes a stream of evil things.
29 distant LORD from wicked and prayer righteous to hear: hear
The Lord is far from sinners, but his ear is open to the prayer of the upright.
30 light eye to rejoice heart tidings pleasant to prosper bone
The light of the eyes is a joy to the heart, and good news makes the bones fat.
31 ear to hear: hear argument life in/on/with entrails: among wise to lodge
The man whose ear is open to the teaching of life will have his place among the wise.
32 to neglect discipline to reject soul: myself his and to hear: hear argument to buy heart
He who will not be controlled by training has no respect for his soul, but he who gives ear to teaching will get wisdom.
33 fear LORD discipline: instruction wisdom and to/for face: before glory humility
The fear of the Lord is the teaching of wisdom; and a low opinion of oneself goes before honour.
