Proverbs 15:11-28

¹¹Before the Lord are the underworld and destruction: how much more, then, the hearts of the children of men!

¹²The hater of authority has no love for teaching: he will not go to the wise.

¹³A glad heart makes a shining face, but by the sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.

¹⁴The heart of the man of good sense goes in search of knowledge, but foolish things are the food of the unwise.

¹⁵All the days of the troubled are evil; but he whose heart is glad has an unending feast.

¹⁶Better is a little with the fear of the Lord, than great wealth together with trouble.

¹⁷Better is a simple meal where love is, than a fat ox and hate with it.

¹⁸An angry man makes men come to blows, but he who is slow to get angry puts an end to fighting.

¹⁹Thorns are round the way of the hater of work; but the road of the hard worker becomes a highway.

²⁰A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man has no respect for his mother.

²¹Foolish behaviour is joy to the unwise; but a man of good sense makes his way straight.

²²Where there are no wise suggestions, purposes come to nothing; but by a number of wise guides they are made certain.

²³A man has joy in the answer of his mouth: and a word at the right time, how good it is!

²⁴Acting wisely is the way of life, guiding a man away from the underworld.

²⁵The house of the man of pride will be uprooted by the Lord, but he will make safe the heritage of the widow.

²⁶Evil designs are disgusting to the Lord, but the words of the clean-hearted are pleasing.

²⁷He whose desires are fixed on profit is a cause of trouble to his family; but he who has no desire for offerings will have life.

²⁸The heart of the upright gives thought to his answer; but from the mouth of the evil-doer comes a stream of evil things.