Proverbs 21:10-21

¹⁰Wicked people SYN are always wanting to do what is evil; they never act mercifully toward anyone.

¹¹When those who ridicule others are punished, even those who do not have good sense see that, and they become wise, and when those who are wise are taught, they become wiser.

¹²God, the one who is completely righteous, knows what happens inside the houses of wicked people, and he will cause those people to be completely ruined/destroyed.

¹³There are people who refuse to listen when poor people cry out for help; but some day they themselves will cry out for help, and no one will hear them.

¹⁴When someone is angry with you, if you secretly give him a gift, he will stop being angry.

¹⁵Good/Righteous people are happy when they see others do what is just/fair, but those who do what is evil are terrified when they think about what may happen to them.

¹⁶Those who stop behaving like those who have good sense behave will soon discover that they have gone to the place where dead people are.

¹⁷Those who spend their money to buy ◄things that give them pleasure/things that cause them to feel happy► will become poor; those who love to spend money to buy wine and nice/fancy food MTY will never become rich.

¹⁸Wicked people bring on themselves the sufferings that they were trying to cause righteous people to experience DOU.

¹⁹It is better to live alone in a desert than to live with a wife who is always nagging and complaining.

²⁰Wise people have many valuable things in their houses, but foolish people quickly spend/waste all their money.

²¹Those who always try to act in a fair and kind way toward others will live a long time and be honored/respected.