Proverbs 15:11-20

¹¹Those already dead have no secrets from the Lord—how much more does he know our thoughts!

¹²Scoffers don't like to be corrected, so they don't go to the wise for advice.

¹³If you're happy inside, you'll have a cheerful face, but if you're sad, you look crushed.

¹⁴An insightful mind looks for knowledge, but stupid people feed on foolishness.

¹⁵The life of poor people is hard, but if you stay cheerful, it's a continual feast.

¹⁶It's better to respect the Lord and only have a little than to have plenty of money and the trouble that comes with it.

¹⁷Better a dinner of vegetables where there's love than eating meat with hatred.

¹⁸Short-tempered people stir up trouble, but those slow to anger calm things down.

¹⁹The way of lazy people is overgrown with thorns, but the path of the good is an open highway.

²⁰A wise son makes his father happy, but a stupid man despises his mother.