Proverbs 21:14-28

¹⁴A gift hid quencheth chidings (or A secret gift quencheth arguments); and a gift in the bosom quencheth most indignation.

¹⁵It is joy to a just man to make doom; and it is dread to them that work wickedness. (It is a joy for the righteous to see justice done; but judgement bringeth ruin to those who work wickedness.)

¹⁶A man that erreth from the way of doctrine, shall dwell in the company of giants, that is, of men evil ruled, either of fiends. (Those who err, or who stray, from the way of doctrine, shall dwell in the company of the dead.)

¹⁷He that loveth meats shall be in neediness (or He who loveth too much food shall be in want); he that loveth wine and fat things, shall not be made rich.

¹⁸An unpious man shall be given for a just man; and a wicked man shall be given for a rightful man. (An evil person shall be given as a ransom for a righteous person; and a wicked person shall be given as a ransom for an upright person.)

¹⁹It is better to dwell in a desert land, than with a woman full of chiding, and wrathful.

²⁰Desirable treasure and oil is in the dwelling place of a just man; and an unprudent man shall destroy it. (Desirable treasure and oil be in the dwelling place of the wise; but an imprudent person shall destroy it all.)

²¹He that followeth rightfulness and mercy, shall find life, and rightwiseness, and glory.

²²A wise man ascended into the city of (the) strong men, and destroyed the strength of the trust thereof.

²³He that keepeth his mouth and his tongue (under control), keepeth his soul from anguishes.

²⁴A proud man and (a) boaster is called a fool, (for) that (he) worketh (his) pride in ire.

²⁵Desires slay a slow man; for his hands would not (do) work (of) anything. (Desires shall slay a lazy person; for his hands shall not do any work.)

²⁶All day he coveteth and desireth; but he that is a just man, shall give, and shall not cease. (All day long he wanteth, and longeth for; but he who is righteous, shall give, and shall never cease to give.)

²⁷The offerings of wicked men (or The offerings of the wicked), that be offered (out) of great trespass, be abominable.

²⁸A false witness shall perish; a man obedient shall speak victory (or but an honest person shall speak, and be rewarded).