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The Book of Proverbs 15

15 Replying gently to angry people will calm them,

but speaking harshly to them will make them angrier.

2 What wise people say makes others want to know more,

but foolish 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 enables people to live well,

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 disrupts 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 the sacrifices that wicked people offer to him,

but he delights in the prayers of upright people.

9 Yahweh detests what wicked people do,

but he loves people who diligently try to do what is right.

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

and people who refuse to let other people correct 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 Sensible people are always trying to learn more,

but foolish people satisfy themselves with what is foolish.

15 People who suffer experience bad things every day,

but cheerful people live as though they are always feasting.

16 Being poor while reverently fearing Yahweh

is better than being rich while worrying.

17 It is better for someone to have a small meal of vegetables with people who love each other

than to have a large meal of good meat with people who hate each other.

18 People who easily become angry cause people to argue,

but people who do not easily become angry will help people to be peaceful.

19 Lazy people are unproductive like people walking through thorny plants,

but upright people are productive like people walking on a level road.

20 Wise sons and daughters make their parents happy,

but any sons or daughters who detest their parents are foolish.

21 People who are not wise enjoy acting foolishly,

but understanding people do what is right.

22 People will not accomplish what they plan to do if there is no one to advise them well,

but when many people advise them well, they will succeed.

23 People rejoice when they answer someone aptly.

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

24 Insightful people live in a way that causes their lives to become increasingly better,

in order for them to avoid living in a way that would result in dying.

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 in a better way.

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

but wicked people quickly say what is evil.

29 Yahweh does not listen to what wicked people request him to do,

but he listens and responds when righteous people pray to him.

30 People feel happy when they see someone smile,

and people feel healthy when they hear something good.

31 People who begin to behave in a more life-giving way when others rebuke them for behaving badly show that they belong to the group of wise people.

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 Revering Yahweh teaches people to be wise,

and people must be humble before other people can respect them.

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