Proverbs 15:1-17

¹A soft answer breaketh ire; an hard word raiseth strong vengeance.

²The tongue of wise men honoureth knowing; the mouth of fools boileth out folly.

³In each place the eyes of the Lord behold good men, and evil men.

⁴A pleasant tongue is the tree of life; but the tongue that is unmeasurable or untempered, shall defoul the spirit.

⁵A fool scorneth the teaching of his father; but he that keepeth blamings, shall be made wiser. Most virtue shall be in plenteous rightfulness or rightwiseness; but the thoughts of wicked men shall be drawn up by the root.

⁶The house of a just or rightwise man is full great strength; and troubling is in the fruits of a wicked man.

⁷The lips of wise men shall sow abroad knowing; the hearts of fools shall be unlike, that is, they shall be full of ignorance.

⁸The sacrifices of wicked men be abominable to the Lord; the avows of just men or the vows of rightwise men be pleasant.

⁹The life of the unpious man is abomination to the Lord; he that pur-sueth rightfulness or followeth right-wiseness, shall be loved of the Lord.

¹⁰Evil teaching is of men that forsake the way of life; he that hateth blamings shall die.

¹¹Hell and perdition be open before the Lord; how much more the hearts of the sons of men.

¹²A man full of pestilence loveth not him that reproveth him; and he goeth not to wise men.

¹³A joyful heart maketh glad the face; the spirit is cast down in the mourning of soul.

¹⁴The heart of a wise man seeketh teaching; and the mouth of fools is fed with unknowing.

¹⁵All the days of a poor man be evil; a secure soul is a continual feast.

¹⁶Better is a little with the dread of the Lord, than many treasures and unfillable.

¹⁷It is better to be called to worts with charity, than with hatred to a calf made fat.