Proverbs 12:3-23

³People do not become secure/safe by doing what is wicked; righteous people will be very safe and secure LIT like MET a tree that has deep roots.

⁴A good wife is one who causes her husband to be greatly honored, but a wife who does things that cause her husband to be ashamed will destroy him like SIM cancer destroys his bones.

⁵What righteous people want to do is to treat people fairly; what wicked people want to do is to deceive people.

⁶What wicked people say is like a trap MET that kills MTY people who pass by, but what righteous people say MTY rescues those whom wicked people threaten to harm.

⁷Wicked people will die before they become old and we will see them no more, but righteous people will live for many years and have many descendants.

⁸People will praise those who have good sense, but people will despise those ◄who are always thinking about doing evil things/whose thinking is twisted►.

⁹It is better to be a humble/ordinary person who has only one servant than to think that you are very important while you have nothing to eat.

¹⁰Righteous people take care of their domestic animals, but wicked people act cruelly toward their animals.

¹¹Farmers who work hard in their fields will produce good crops that will give them plenty to eat, but those who waste their time working on worthless projects are foolish.

¹²Wicked people desire to take away what other evil people have, but Yahweh enables righteous/godly people to be steadfast and productive MET.

¹³Evil people are trapped by the evil things that they say MTY, but righteous people escape from trouble.

¹⁴People are rewarded for the good things that they say to others, and people are also rewarded for the good work that they do MTY.

¹⁵Foolish people always think that what they are doing is right; wise people heed other people when they give them good advice.

¹⁶Foolish people quickly become angry when someone does something that they don't like; but those who have good sense ignore it when others insult them.

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►.