1 When people are angry with you, reply to them gently, and it will calm them; but if you reply harshly to them, it causes them to become more angry.
2 When wise people speak MTY, it causes those who hear what they say to want to know more; foolish people continually say MTY what is foolish.
3 Yahweh sees MTY what is happening everywhere; he observes what bad people do as well as what good people do.
4 Those who speak MTY kindly to people are like MET trees whose fruit gives life; speaking what is false causes people to ◄despair/feel very discouraged►.
5 Foolish children despise their parents when their parents correct/discipline them; wise children accept it.
6 There are many valuable things in the houses of righteous people; the wealth of wicked people causes them to have troubles/difficulties.
7 What wise people teach MTY causes others to know much more, but foolish people cannot teach others what is useful.
8 Yahweh detests the sacrifices that are offered by wicked people; what delights/pleases him very much are the prayers of righteous/good people.
9 Yahweh hates/detests the behavior of wicked people, but he loves those who always do what is righteous/just/fair.
10 Those who do what is wrong will be severely punished; those who do not want to be corrected will die.
11 Yahweh knows what is happening in the place where dead people DOU are, so he certainly knows RHQ what people are thinking.
12 Some people do not want to be corrected; they never go to wise people to seek good advice from them.
13 When people are happy, they have smiles on their faces; but when they are sad, by looking at their faces we can see that they are sad.
14 Those who have good sense want to learn more; foolish people MTY are very satisfied with being foolish/ignorant.
15 Those who are oppressed constantly have difficulties, but those who (OR, if they) are happy, it is as though MET they are having a big feast every day.