Proverbs 21:12-20

¹²A righteous man understands the hearts of the ungodly: and despises the ungodly for their wickedness.

¹³He that stops his ears from hearing the poor, himself also shall cry, and there shall be none to hear him.

¹⁴A secret gift calms anger: but he that forbears to give stirs up strong wrath.

¹⁵It is the joy of the righteous to do judgment: but a holy man is abominable with evil-doers.

¹⁶A man that wanders out of the way of righteousness, shall rest in the congregation of giants.

¹⁷A poor man loves mirth, loving wine and oil in abundance;

¹⁸and a transgressor is the abomination of a righteous man.

¹⁹It is better to dwell in a wilderness than with a quarrelsome and talkative and passionate woman.

²⁰A desirable treasure will rest on the mouth of the wise; but foolish men will swallow it up.