< Proverbs 12 >
1 Whoever loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof [is] brutish.
to love: lover discipline to love: lover knowledge and to hate argument stupid
2 A good [man] obtaineth favor from the LORD: but a man of wicked devices he will condemn.
pleasant to promote acceptance from LORD and man plot be wicked
3 A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
not to establish: establish man in/on/with wickedness and root righteous not to shake
4 A virtuous woman [is] a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed [is] as rottenness in his bones.
woman: wife strength: worthy crown master: husband her and like/as rottenness in/on/with bone his be ashamed
5 The thoughts of the righteous [are] right: [but] the counsels of the wicked [are] deceit.
plot righteous justice counsel wicked deceit
6 The words of the wicked [are] to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
word wicked to ambush blood and lip upright to rescue them
7 The wicked are overthrown, and [are] not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.
to overturn wicked and nothing they and house: home righteous to stand: stand
8 A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.
to/for lip: according understanding his to boast: praise man and to twist heart to be to/for contempt
9 [He that is] despised, and hath a servant, [is] better than he that honoreth himself, and is destitute of bread.
pleasant to dishonor and servant/slave to/for him from to honor: honour and lacking food: bread
10 A righteous [man] regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked [are] cruel.
to know righteous soul: life animal his and compassion wicked cruel
11 He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain [persons is] void of understanding.
to serve: labour land: soil his to satisfy food: bread and to pursue worthless lacking heart
12 The wicked desireth the net of evil [men]: but the root of the righteous yieldeth [fruit].
to desire wicked net bad: evil and root righteous to give: give
13 The wicked is snared by the transgression of [his] lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.
in/on/with transgression lips snare bad: evil and to come out: come from distress righteous
14 A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of [his] mouth: and the recompense of a man's hands shall be rendered to him.
from fruit lip man to satisfy good and recompense hand man (to return: return *Q(K)*) to/for him
15 The way of a fool [is] right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth to counsel [is] wise.
way: conduct fool(ish) upright in/on/with eye his and to hear: hear to/for counsel wise
16 A fool's wrath is presently known: but a prudent [man] covereth shame.
fool(ish) in/on/with day: today to know vexation his and to cover dishonor prudent
17 [He that] speaketh truth showeth forth righteousness: but a false witness, deceit.
to breathe faithfulness to tell righteousness and witness deception deceit
18 There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise [is] health.
there to speak rashly like/as thrust sword and tongue wise healing
19 The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue [is] but for a moment.
lips truth: true to establish: establish to/for perpetuity and till to disturb tongue deception
20 Deceit [is] in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counselors of peace [is] joy.
deceit in/on/with heart to plow/plot bad: evil and to/for to advise peace joy
21 There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.
not to meet to/for righteous all evil: trouble and wicked to fill bad: evil
22 Lying lips [are] abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly [are] his delight.
abomination LORD lips deception and to make: do faithfulness acceptance his
23 A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.
man prudent to cover knowledge and heart fool to call: call out folly
24 The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.
hand sharp to rule (and slackness *L(bah)*) to be to/for taskworker
25 Heaviness in the heart of man depresseth it: but a good word maketh it glad.
anxiety in/on/with heart man to bow her and word pleasant to rejoice her
26 The righteous [is] more excellent than his neighbor: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.
to spy from neighbor his righteous and way: conduct wicked to go astray them
27 The slothful [man] roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man [is] precious.
not to roast slackness wild game his and substance man precious sharp
28 In the way of righteousness [is] life; and [in] the path [of it there is] no death.
in/on/with way righteousness life and way: road path not death