Proverbs 10:1-17

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.

¹³Those who have good sense say MTY what is wise, but people who do not have good sense must be punished.

¹⁴Wise people continue to learn all that they can, but when foolish people speak, they soon cause trouble.

¹⁵The wealth that rich people have protects them like a city is protected by a strong wall around it MET, but people who are poor suffer much because they have no one to help them.

¹⁶If you are righteous, your reward will be a good life, but all that sinful people gain is to sin more.

¹⁷Those who pay attention when others try to ◄correct them/teach them what they are doing that is wrong► will live ◄happily/for many years►; but those who reject being rebuked will not find the road to life (OR, cause others to go astray).