Proverbs 10
1 These [are more] proverbs/wise sayings from Solomon: If children are wise, they cause their parents to be happy; but if children are foolish, they cause their parents to be very sad.
proverb Solomon son: child wise to rejoice father and son: child fool grief mother his
2 Money that you get by doing dishonest/wicked things will really not benefit you; but by living righteously you will live for (a long time/many years).
not to gain treasure wickedness and righteousness to rescue from death
3 Yahweh does not allow righteous [people] to starve, but he will prevent wicked [people] from getting what they want.
not be hungry LORD soul: appetite righteous and desire wicked to thrust
4 Lazy people [soon] become poor; it is those who work hard who become rich.
be poor to make palm slackness and hand sharp to enrich
5 Those who are wise, harvest the crops when they are ripe; it is shameful/disgraceful to sleep [and not work] during harvest time.
to gather in/on/with summer son: child be prudent to sleep in/on/with harvest son: child be ashamed
6 Righteous [people will] be blessed [by God]; [the nice things] that wicked [people] say [MTY] [sometimes] conceal the fact that they [are planning to] act violently.
blessing to/for head righteous and lip wicked to cover violence
7 After righteous [people die], other people are blessed as they remember [what those people did before they died]; but we will soon forget wicked people [MTY] after they die.
memorial righteous to/for blessing and name wicked to rot
8 Wise people heed good instruction/advice, but people who talk foolishly will ruin themselves.
wise heart to take: recieve commandment and fool(ish) lip: words to ruin
9 Honest people will be safe, but [others] (OR, God) will find out those who are dishonest.
to go: walk in/on/with integrity to go: walk security and to twist way: conduct his to know
10 Those who signal with their eyes [that they are about to do something that is wrong] cause trouble, but those who rebuke others truthfully cause them to be peaceful.
to wink eye to give: give injury and fool(ish) lip: words to ruin
11 What righteous [people] say [MTY] is [like] a fountain that (gives life/enables people to live many years) [MET], but what wicked [people] say [MTY] hides [the fact] that they intend to act violently.
fountain life lip righteous and lip wicked to cover violence
12 When we hate others, it causes quarrels, but if we love others, we forgive them [for the wrong things that they do].
hating to rouse strife and upon all transgression to cover love
13 Those who have good sense say [MTY] what is wise, but people who do not have good sense must be punished.
in/on/with lips to understand to find wisdom and tribe: staff to/for back lacking heart
14 Wise people continue to learn all that they can, but when foolish people speak, they soon cause trouble.
wise to treasure knowledge and lip fool(ish) terror near
15 The wealth that rich people have [protects them like a city is protected by a] strong wall around it [MET], but people who are poor suffer much [because they have no one to help them].
substance rich town strength his terror poor poverty their
16 If you are righteous, your reward will be a good life, [but] all that sinful people gain is to sin more.
wages righteous to/for life produce wicked to/for sin
17 Those who pay attention when others try to (correct them/teach them what they are doing that is wrong) will live (happily/for many years); but those who reject being rebuked will not find the road to life (OR, cause others to go astray).
way to/for life to keep: careful discipline and to leave: neglect argument to go astray
18 Those who will not admit that they hate [others] are liars, and those who slander [others] are foolish.
to cover hating lips deception and to come out: speak slander he/she/it fool
19 When people talk a lot, that will lead them to sin a lot [by what they say]; if you are wise, you will refuse to say very much.
in/on/with abundance word not to cease transgression and to withhold lips his be prudent
20 What righteous/good [people] say [MTY] is [as valuable as] pure silver [MET]; what wicked [people] think is worthless.
silver: money to choose tongue righteous heart wicked like/as little
21 What righteous [people] say [MTY] benefits many [people], but foolish people die because of the stupid [things that they do].
lips righteous to pasture many and fool(ish) in/on/with lacking heart to die
22 Yahweh blesses [some people] by enabling them to become rich, and working hard will not make them to become richer (OR, and he will not also cause them to become sad).
blessing LORD he/she/it to enrich and not to add toil with her
23 Foolish people (have fun/enjoy) doing what is wrong, but wise/sensible people enjoy doing what is wise.
like/as laughter to/for fool to make: do wickedness and wisdom to/for man understanding
24 Righteous [people] will get the good things that they want/desire, but what wicked [people] are afraid of is what will happen to them.
fear wicked he/she/it to come (in): come him and desire righteous to give: give
25 When storms come, the wicked will (be blown away/never be safe), but righteous [people will] be safe forever.
like/as to pass whirlwind and nothing wicked and righteous foundation forever: enduring
26 We do not like a lazy person who refuses to do the job that he is given to do, [just] like we do not like vinegar in our mouths or smoke in our eyes.
like/as vinegar to/for tooth and like/as smoke to/for eye so [the] sluggish to/for to send: depart him
27 If you revere Yahweh, you will live for a long time; but wicked [people] die before they become old.
fear LORD to add: again day and year wicked be short
28 Righteous [people] confidently expect [that good things will happen to them], and that causes them to be happy/joyful; but when wicked [people] confidently expect something good to happen, it does not happen.
hope righteous joy and hope wicked to perish
29 Yahweh protects [MET] those who live righteously, but he destroys those who do what is evil.
security to/for integrity way: conduct LORD and terror to/for to work evil: wickedness
30 Righteous [people] will always be secure [LIT], but wicked people will be removed from their land (OR, from this earth).
righteous to/for forever: any time not to shake and wicked not to dwell land: country/planet
31 Righteous people [MTY] say things that are wise, but [God] will shut the mouths of people [MTY] who say what is not true.
lip righteous to bear fruit wisdom and tongue perversity to cut: cut
32 Righteous people [MTY] know what to say that is acceptable, but wicked [people] [MTY] are [constantly] saying things that are not true.
lips righteous to know [emph?] acceptance and lip wicked perversity
