Proverbs 21:14-22

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.

²²A wise army commander helps his troops climb over a wall to attack a city that is defended by a strong army, with the result that they are able to ◄get over/destroy► the high walls that their enemies trusted would protect them.