Proverbs 15
1 answer tender to return: turn back rage and word toil to ascend: establish face: anger
A soft answer turns back fury, And a grievous word raises up anger.
2 tongue wise be good knowledge and lip fool to bubble folly
The tongue of the wise makes knowledge good, And the mouth of fools utters folly.
3 in/on/with all place eye LORD to watch bad: evil and pleasant
The eyes of YHWH are in every place, Watching the evil and the good.
4 healing tongue tree life and crookedness in/on/with her breaking in/on/with spirit
A healed tongue [is] a tree of life, And perverseness in it—a breach in the spirit.
5 fool(ish) to spurn discipline father his and to keep: look at argument be shrewd
A fool despises the instruction of his father, And whoever is regarding reproof is prudent.
6 house: home righteous wealth many and in/on/with produce wicked to trouble
Abundant strength [is in] the house of the righteous, And in the increase of the wicked—trouble.
7 lips wise to scatter knowledge and heart fool not right
The lips of the wise scatter knowledge, And the heart of fools [is] not right.
8 sacrifice wicked abomination LORD and prayer upright acceptance his
The sacrifice of the wicked [is] an abomination to YHWH, And the prayer of the upright [is] His delight.
9 abomination LORD way: conduct wicked and to pursue righteousness to love: lover
The way of the wicked [is] an abomination to YHWH, And He loves whoever is pursuing righteousness.
10 discipline bad: harmful to/for to leave: forsake way to hate argument to die
Discipline [is] grievous to him who is forsaking the path, Whoever is hating reproof dies.
Sheol and destruction [are] before YHWH, Surely also 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 scorner does not love his reprover, He does not go to the wise.
13 heart glad be good face and in/on/with injury heart spirit stricken
A joyful heart makes the face glad, And the spirit is struck by grief of heart.
14 heart to understand to seek knowledge (and lip *Q(K)*) fool to pasture folly
The heart of the intelligent seeks knowledge, And the mouth of fools enjoys folly.
15 all day afflicted bad: evil and pleasant heart feast continually
All the days of the afflicted [are] evil, And gladness of heart [is] a perpetual banquet.
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 YHWH, Than much treasure, and tumult with it.
17 pleasant ration herb and love there from cattle to fatten and hating in/on/with him
Better [is] an allowance of green herbs and love there, Than a fatted ox, and hatred with it.
18 man rage to stir up strife and slow face: anger to quiet strife
A man of fury stirs up contention, And the slow to anger appeases strife.
19 way: conduct sluggish like/as hedge briar and way upright to build
The way of the slothful [is] as a hedge of briers, And the path of the upright is raised up.
20 son: child wise to rejoice father and fool man to despise mother his
A wise son makes a father glad. And a foolish man is despising his mother.
21 folly joy to/for lacking heart and man understanding (to smooth *L(abh)*) to go: walk
Folly is joy to one lacking heart, And a man of intelligence directs [his] going.
22 to break plot in/on/with nothing counsel and in/on/with abundance to advise to arise: establish
The making void of purposes [is] without counsel, And in a multitude of counselors it is established.
23 joy to/for man in/on/with answer lip his and word in/on/with time his what? pleasant
Joy [is] to a man in the answer of his mouth, And a word in its season—how good!
24 way life to/for above [to] to/for be prudent because to turn aside: depart from hell: Sheol beneath (Sheol h7585)
A path of life [is] on high for the wise, To turn aside from Sheol beneath. (Sheol h7585)
25 house: home proud to pull LORD and to stand border: boundary widow
YHWH pulls down the house of the proud, And He sets up the border of the widow.
26 abomination LORD plot bad: evil and pure word pleasantness
Thoughts of wickedness [are] an abomination to YHWH, And sayings of pleasantness [are] pure.
27 to trouble house: household his to cut off: to gain unjust-gain and to hate gift to live
A dishonest gainer is troubling his house, And whoever is hating gifts lives.
28 heart righteous to mutter to/for to answer and lip wicked to bubble bad: evil
The heart of the righteous meditates to answer, And the mouth of the wicked utters evil things.
29 distant LORD from wicked and prayer righteous to hear: hear
YHWH [is] far from the wicked, And He hears the prayer of the righteous.
30 light eye to rejoice heart tidings pleasant to prosper bone
The light of the eyes makes the heart glad, A good report makes the bone fat.
31 ear to hear: hear argument life in/on/with entrails: among wise to lodge
An ear that is hearing the reproof of life Lodges among the wise.
32 to neglect discipline to reject soul: myself his and to hear: hear argument to buy heart
Whoever is refusing instruction is despising his soul, And whoever is hearing reproof Is getting understanding.
33 fear LORD discipline: instruction wisdom and to/for face: before glory humility
The fear of YHWH [is] the instruction of wisdom, And humility [is] before honor!
