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UST PRO Chapter 15

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15 Replying gently to angry people will calm them,

but speaking harshly will make them angrier.

2 What wise people say makes others appreciate what they should know,

but stupid people constantly say what is foolish.

3 Yahweh sees everything that is happening;

he observes both evil people and good people.

4 What people say soothingly is like a tree with fruit that keeps people alive,

but what people say deceitfully makes people despair.

5 Foolish people detest what their fathers say to correct them,

but people who let others rebuke them are clever.

6 Righteous people have houses that contain a lot of riches,

but what wicked people gain troubles them.

7 What wise people say informs others of what they should know,

but what foolish people think does not do that.

8 Yahweh detests what wicked people offer to him,

but he is pleased with what upright people pray.

9 Yahweh detests what wicked people do,

but he loves people who diligently try to act righteously.

10 Yahweh will severely punish people who refuse to live righteously,

and people who hate other people correcting them will perish.

11 Yahweh knows everything about the place where dead people are.

So he surely knows everything that everyone thinks!

12 People who ridicule others despise anyone who corrects them;

they avoid wise people.

13 People smile when they are happy,

but feeling sad can make people despair.

14 Understanding people try to learn what they should know,

but stupid people satisfy themselves with what is foolish.

15 What happens every day that suffering people live makes them wretched,

but cheerful people live like people who are always feasting.

16 It is better for someone to have a few things while reverently fearing Yahweh,

than for someone to have a lot of riches while worrying.

17 It is better for someone to have a small meal where people love each other,

than to have a large meal where people hate each other.

18 People who easily become angry cause people to argue,

but people who do not become angry quickly will stop people from arguing.

19 Lazy people live unproductively like people that have a thorny plant blocking their paths,

but upright people live productively like people who are walking on a road that is easy to walk on.

20 Wise children make their fathers happy,

but stupid children detest their mothers.

21 People who are not wise enjoy acting foolishly,

but understanding people act rightly.

22 What people plan fails when no one advises them,

but what people plan succeeds when many people advise them.

23 People rejoice when they answer someone aptly.

It is so good to say something at the right time!

24 How insightful people live causes them to live for a long time

in order for them to avoid going to the place where dead people are.

25 Yahweh will destroy what proud people own,

but he protects the few things that widows own.

26 Yahweh detests the evil things that people think,

but the pleasing things that people say are pure.

27 People who gain wealth in an unjust manner trouble their families,

but people who refuse bribes will live for a long time.

28 Righteous people think carefully about how to reply to people,

but wicked people constantly say what is evil.

29 Yahweh does not listen to wicked people,

but he listens to what righteous people pray.

30 People feel happy when they see someone smile,

and people feel healthy when they hear something good.

31 People who listen when others rebuke them in a way that will keep them alive will become wise.

32 People who refuse to let others correct them act as if they despise themselves,

but people who listen when others rebuke them think wisely.

33 Reverently fearing Yahweh makes people wise,

and people must be humble before other people respect them.

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