< Proverbs 15 >

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

< Proverbs 15 >