Proverbs 12:17-26

¹⁷In the courtroom, honest people say what is true, but untruthful/dishonest people tell nothing but lies.

¹⁸What some people say hurts people badly, as much as SIM a sword can; but what wise people say ◄heals others' souls/comforts others►.

¹⁹When people tell MTY lies, others soon realize that what they said is not true IDM; but when people say what is true, others will rember that forever.

²⁰Those who plan to do what is evil are always wanting to deceive others, but things will go well for those who plan to do good things.

²¹Bad things usually HYP do not happen to righteous people, but wicked people always have troubles.

²²Yahweh detests those MTY who tell lies, but he is delighted with those who faithfully do what they promise that they will do.

²³Those with good sense do not reveal all that they know; foolish people show clearly by what they say that they ◄are ignorant/have not learned much►.

²⁴Those SYN who work hard become rulers of others; those who are lazy become slaves of others.

²⁵When people are anxious/worried, they become depressed/dejected, but when others speak kindly to them, it causes them to be cheerful again.

²⁶Godly/Righteous people try to give good advice to their friends (OR, try to make friends with others), but the manner in which wicked people live misleads their friends.