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📚A gentle answer turns away wrath,but harsh words stir up anger.
2 📚The tongue of the wise uses
knowledge rightly,
but the mouth of fools pours out foolishness.
3 📚The eyes of the LORD are
in every place,
seeing the evil and the good.
4 📚A wholesome tongue is
a tree of life,
but crookedness in it crushes the spirit.
5 📚A fool despises his father’s instruction,
but he who has regard
for correction is prudent.
15:5 The fool, unlike the wise, does not understand that discipline and correction are only for his good.⚜
6 📚In the house of the righteous is
much treasure,
but in the income of the wicked is trouble.
15:6 Not all righteous people are rich in material things, but the house of every one of them will contain spiritual treasures not found anywhere else on earth.⚜
7 📚The lips of the wise disperse knowledge,
but the heart of the foolish is not so.
8 📚The sacrifice of the wicked 📖 is
an abomination to the LORD,
but the prayer of the upright 📖 is
his delight.
9 📚The way 📖 of the wicked is
an abomination to the LORD,
but he loves him who follows righteousness 📖.
10 📚Correction is grievous to him
who forsakes the way,
and he who hates discipline will die.
11 📚Hell and destruction 📖 lie open before
the LORD;
how much more then the hearts
of the children of men?
12 📚A scorner does not love one
who corrects him,
nor will he go to the wise.
13 📚A merry heart makes
a cheerful countenance,
but sorrow of heart crushes the spirit.
14 📚The heart of the one who has
understanding seeks knowledge,
but the mouth of fools feeds on foolishness.
15 📚All the days of the afflicted are bad,
but he who has a merry heart has
a continual feast 📖.
16 📚Better is little with
the fear of the LORD than great treasure
and trouble with it.
17 📚Better a dinner of vegetables
where there is love 📖 than a fattened ox
and hatred with it.
18 📚An angry man stirs up strife,
but he who is slow to get
angry calms strife.
19 📚The way of the lazy person
is like a hedge of thorns,
but the way of the upright is
made plain.
15:19 Everything seems too difficult to the lazy person and he can accomplish nothing. The upright can always make progress toward the goal. Observe that here the contrast is between the lazy and the upright – signifying that the lazy are not upright and the upright are not lazy.⚜
20 📚A wise son makes a glad father,
but a foolish man despises his mother.
21 📚Folly is joy to him who is
destitute of wisdom,
but a man of understanding walks uprightly.
22 📚Without counsel plans meet
with disappointment,
but with many counsellors
they are fulfilled.
23 📚A man has joy by the proper
answer of his mouth,
and how good is a timely word 📖!
24 📚The way of life leads upward
for the wise,
that he may keep from the realm
of the dead 📖 below.
15:24 Verses 19,21.⚜
25 📚The LORD will destroy the house of the proud,
but he will establish the boundary of the widow.
26 📚The thoughts of the wicked are
an abomination 📖 to the LORD,
but the words of the pure are
pleasing 📖 to him.
27 📚He who is greedy 📖 for profit troubles
his own house,
but he who hates bribes 📖 will live.
28 📚The heart of the righteous studies
to answer,
but the mouth of the wicked pours
out evil things.
29 📚The LORD is far from the wicked,
but he hears 📖 the prayer of the righteous.
30 📚The light of the eyes rejoices the heart,
and good news brings fat
to the bones.
31 📚The ear that listens to the correction
of life abides among the wise.
32 📚He who refuses instruction despises
his own soul 📖,
but he who heeds correction gets
understanding.
33 📚The fear 📖 of the LORD is
the instruction of wisdom,
and before honour is humility 📖.