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The Book of Proverbs 12

12 People who love other people correcting them also love learning what they should know.

But people who hate other people correcting them are foolish.

2 Yahweh approves of people who are good,

but he condemns people who plan to do what is evil.

3 People do not become secure by acting wickedly,

but righteous people are as secure as a tree with immovable roots.

4 A virtuous wife causes people to praise her husband,

but a disgraceful wife destroys her husband like a disease that destroys his bones.

5 Righteous people plan to treat people fairly;

wicked people advise people in order to deceive them.

6 What wicked people say is like a trap that kills people who pass by;

but what upright people say will enable them to escape.

7 Yahweh destroys wicked people and they disappear,

but the families of righteous people will continue.

8 People will praise someone according to how insightful that person is,

but people will despise someone who thinks perversely.

9 It is better to be a lowly person yet have a servant

than to think that you are important yet have no food.

10 Righteous people care for their animals,

but even when wicked people think that they act compassionately, they act cruelly.

11 People who work hard will have enough food to eat,

but people who waste time doing worthless things do not think wisely.

12 Wicked people want what evil people steal,

but righteous people benefit others like a tree with deep roots.

13 The sinful things that wicked people say will destroy them,

but righteous people escape from trouble.

14 The good things that people say to others will also satisfy them with what is good;

what people work hard to accomplish will also benefit them.

15 Foolish people always think that what they are doing is right;

but wise people listen to what other people advise them to do.

16 People know immediately when foolish people are angry;

but smart people ignore it when someone disrespects them.

17 People who naturally say what is true speak righteously,

but witnesses who say what is false speak deceitfully.

18 When people speak without thinking about what to say, they hurt others like someone who stabs people with a sword,

but what wise people say helps people heal.

19 What people say truthfully will last forever,

but what people say falsely will only last for a moment.

20 People who plan to act evilly think deceitfully,

but people who advise others to act peacefully will be joyful.

21 Bad things usually do not happen to righteous people,

but wicked people will experience many bad things.

22 Yahweh detests people who speak falsely,

but people who act faithfully please him.

23 Smart people do not reveal all of what they know,

but foolish people shout out foolish things.

24 People who work hard will reign over others,

but lazy people will become forced laborers.

25 When people worry, they feel sad,

but when others speak kindly to them, it causes them to be cheerful again.

26 Righteous people guide their friends in the right way to live,

but by living wickedly, wicked people destroy themselves.

27 Lazy people do not even cook the animals that they catch,

but people who work hard value their possessions.

28 People who do what is righteous will live for a long time.

Indeed, people who do so will not die too soon.

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