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14 The wisest women help their families thrive,

but foolish women ruin their families by what they do.

2 People who behave uprightly reverently fear Yahweh,

but people who behave deceptively detest Yahweh.

3 What foolish people say causes someone to punish them for being proud,

but what wise people say keeps them alive.

4 Where there are not any oxen to feed in the barn, the feeding container is clean;

but oxen work to produce a lot of crops.

5 Honest witnesses do not lie,

but dishonest witnesses lie easily.

6 People who ridicule other people try to become wise and fail to do so,

but understanding people can easily learn what they should know.

7 Stay away from stupid people

because you will not learn anything from what they say.

8 Clever people know what to do because they are wise,

but stupid people deceive themselves because they are foolish.

9 Foolish people scorn making amends with God after sinning,

but Yahweh approves of upright people.

10 Only miserable people know how miserable they are,

and joyful people cannot share what they feel with someone they do not know.

11 The families of wicked people will die out,

but the families of upright people will thrive.

12 People think they know the right way to behave,

but people who behave that way will ultimately die.

13 People who are laughing may still be suffering,

and people who feel joyful may ultimately feel sad.

14 People who refuse to live righteously will receive from Yahweh what they deserve;

and good people will also receive from Yahweh what they deserve.

15 Naive people believe whatever people say,

but clever people think carefully about what they do.

16 Wise people are afraid of doing what is evil and refuse to do what is evil,

but foolish people make themselves angry and are overconfident.

17 People who quickly become angry act foolishly,

and people hate people who plan to do what is evil.

18 Naive people will act foolishly,

but clever people will learn what they should know.

19 Evil people will respectfully bow in front of good people,

and wicked people will bow at the doors of the houses where righteous people dwell.

20 Even the people whom poor people know hate them,

but many people love rich people.

21 Sinful people scorn the people they know,

but people who are kind to suffering people are happy.

22 People who plan to act evilly certainly act deceptively,

but people are faithful and trustworthy to people who plan to do what is good.

23 Whenever people work hard, they will earn money,

but when people only talk, they will only remain poor.

24 Wise people will acquire wealth,

but stupid people only act more foolishly because they are foolish.

25 Truthful witnesses save people from dying,

but people who lie easily are deceptive.

26 Strong people are confident because they reverently fear Yahweh.

Those people will protect their children.

27 Reverently fearing Yahweh is like a spring that enables people to live for a long time.

It enables people to avoid what could kill them.

28 Kings who rule over many people are glorious,

but rulers who have no people to rule over have nothing.

29 People who do not become angry quickly understand a lot,

but people who quickly become angry show everyone how foolish they are.

30 Feeling peaceful makes a person’s body healthy,

but envying others makes a person’s body unhealthy, like something that rots a person’s bones.

31 People who make poor people suffer despise Yahweh, who made them,

but people who are kind to needy people respect Yahweh.

32 Wicked people destroy themselves by doing evil things,

but righteous people feel safe even when they die.

33 Understanding people think wisely,

and even foolish people know about what is wise.

34 Acting righteously makes a country great,

but acting sinfully disgraces a people group.

35 Insightful servants please their kings,

but kings are furious with disgraceful people.

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