Proverbs 15:14-27

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.

²¹Stupidity makes people with no sense happy, but sensible people do what is right.

²²Plans fall apart without good advice, but with plenty of advisors they're successful.

²³A good answer makes people happy—it's great to say the right thing at the right moment!

²⁴Life's path for the wise leads upwards, so that they can avoid the grave below.

²⁵The Lord pulls down the house of the proud, but he protects the boundaries of the widow's property.

²⁶The Lord hates the thoughts of the wicked, but he honors the words of the pure.

²⁷People greedy for ill-gotten gains make trouble for their families, but those who hate bribes will live.