Proverbs 15:1-10

¹A mild answer breaketh wrath: but a harsh word stirreth up fury.

²The tongue of the wise adorneth knowledge: but the mouth of fools bubbleth out folly.

³The eyes of the Lord in every place behold the good and the evil.

⁴A peaceable tongue is a tree of life: but that which is immoderate, shall crush the spirit.

⁵A fool laugheth at the instruction of his father: but he that regardeth reproofs shall become prudent. In abundant justice there is the greatest strength: but the devices of the wicked shall be rooted out.

⁶The house of the just is very much strength: and in the fruits of the wicked is trouble.

⁷The lips of the wise shall disperse knowledge: the heart of fools shall be unlike.

⁸The victims of the wicked are abominable to the Lord: the vows of the just are acceptable.

⁹The way of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord: he that followeth justice is beloved by him.

¹⁰Instruction is grievous to him that forsaketh the way of life: he that hateth reproof shall die.