Proverbs 21:15-31

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.

²³Those who are very careful about what they say MTY are able to avoid trouble.

²⁴Those who make fun of everything that is good are proud and conceited DOU; they always act in an inconsiderate way toward others.

²⁵Lazy people, who refuse to work, will die of hunger because they SYN do not earn money to buy food.

²⁶All during the day wicked people desire to obtain things, but righteous people have plenty, with the result that they are able to give things generously to others.

²⁷Yahweh detests the sacrifices that wicked people offer to him; but he detests it even more when they think that they will escape being punished for their evil deeds because of the sacrifices that they bring.

²⁸Those who tell lies in court will be punished; no one stops/silences witnesses who say what is truthful/reliable.

²⁹Wicked people pretend that they know everything, but righteous people think carefully about what will happen because of what they do.

³⁰Thinking that we are wise, and that we understand many things, and that we have good insight, does not help us if Yahweh is ◄acting against/not pleased with► us.

³¹We can get horses ready to fight in a battle, but Yahweh is the one who enables us to ◄win victories/defeat our enemies►.