Proverbs 15:14-31

¹⁴Those who have good sense want to learn more; foolish people MTY are very satisfied with being foolish/ignorant.

¹⁵Those 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.

¹⁶Being poor and revering Yahweh is better than being rich and having a lot of troubles.

¹⁷Eating meals with people whom you love and having only vegetables to eat is better than eating with people who hate each other and having lots of good meat to eat.

¹⁸Those who quickly become angry cause arguments/quarreling, but those who do not quickly become angry cause people to act peacefully.

¹⁹Lazy people constantly have difficulties MET; it is as though they are walking through thorns; but those who are honest and hard-working will have few difficulties; it is as though they are walking on a level highway MET.

²⁰Children who are wise cause their parents to be happy; it is foolish children who despise their parents.

²¹Foolish people are happy to continually act foolishly; those who have good sense do what is right.

²²If there is no one to give us good advice, we will not accomplish what we are planning to do; but when we have many good advisors, we will succeed.

²³People rejoice when they are able to reply well to what others have asked them; truly, it is very delightful to be able to say the right thing at the right time.

²⁴Wise people walk on a road that leads up to a long life; they do not walk on a road that leads down to the place where dead people are.

²⁵Yahweh tears down the houses of proud people, but he protects the property of widows.

²⁶Yahweh detests what wicked people are thinking about doing; but when people say what is kind, he considers those words to be pure.

²⁷Those who try hard to get money by acting dishonestly cause trouble for their family; those who refuse to accept bribes will live for a long time.

²⁸Righteous/Good people think carefully before they answer what others ask them; wicked people very quickly say what is evil.

²⁹Yahweh does not listen MTY to what wicked people request him to do; he listens to righteous people when they pray.

³⁰If people have a smile on their faces, it makes them/others happy, and when people hear good news, it refreshes their spirits MTY.

³¹If people pay attention when people correct/warn them, they will become wise.