1These are more proverbs/wise sayings from Solomon: If children are wise, they cause their parents to be happy; but if children are foolish, they cause their parents to be very sad.
2Money that you get by doing dishonest/wicked things will really not benefit you; but by living righteously you will live for ◄a long time/many years►.
3Yahweh does not allow righteous people to starve, but he will prevent wicked people from getting what they want.
4Lazy people soon become poor; it is those who work hard who become rich.
5Those who are wise, harvest the crops when they are ripe; it is shameful/disgraceful to sleep and not work during harvest time.
6Righteous people will be blessed by God; the nice things that wicked people say MTY sometimes conceal the fact that they are planning to act violently.
7After righteous people die, other people are blessed as they remember what those people did before they died; but we will soon forget wicked people MTY after they die.
8Wise people heed good instruction/advice, but people who talk foolishly will ruin themselves.
9Honest people will be safe, but others (OR, God) will find out those who are dishonest.
10Those who signal wihth their eyes that they are about to do something that is wrong cause trouble, but those who rebuke others truthfully cause them to be peaceful.
11What righteous people say MTY is like a fountain that ◄gives life/enables people to live many years► MET, but what wicked people say MTY hides the fact that they intend to act violently.
12When we hate others, it causes quarrels, but if we love others, we forgive them for the wrong things that they do.
Proverbs 10
Proverbs 10:1-12