Proverbs [Sayings] 15:20-29

²⁰A wise son makes a father glad, but a foolish man despises his mother.

²¹Folly is joy to one who is void of wisdom, but a man of understanding keeps his way straight.

²²Where there is no counsel, plans fail; but in a multitude of counselors they are established.

²³Joy comes to a man with the reply of his mouth. How good is a word at the right time!

²⁴The path of life leads upward for the wise, to keep him from going downward to Sheol ·Place of the dead·.

²⁵Adonai will uproot the house of the proud, but he will keep the widow’s borders intact.

²⁶Adonai detests the thoughts of the wicked, but the thoughts of the pure are pleasing.

²⁷He who is greedy for gain troubles his own house, but he who hates bribes will live.

²⁸The heart of the upright weighs answers, but the mouth of the wicked gushes out evil.

²⁹Adonai is far from the wicked, but he sh'ma ·hears obeys· the prayer of the upright.