Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
Better a dry morsel in
quietness
than a house full of feasting
with
strife.
Better `is'
a dry morsel ,
and
rest
with
it,
Than a house full of the
sacrifices
of
strife.
A wise servant will
rule
over a disgraceful
son and share
his
inheritance
as
one
of
the brothers
.
A wise servant ruleth
over a son causing
shame,
And in
the midst
of
brethren
He
apportioneth
an
inheritance
.
A crucible
for silver and a furnace for gold, but
the
LORD
is
the tester
of hearts.
A refining
pot
`is'
for silver ,
and a furnace for gold, And
the trier
of hearts `is'
Jehovah
.
A
wicked
man
listens
to
evil lips ;
a
liar
gives
ear to a destructive
tongue.
An
evil doer
is
attentive
to
lips of
vanity,
Falsehood
is
giving
ear to a mischievous
tongue.
He
who
mocks
the poor insults
their
Maker ;
whoever
gloats
over
calamity will
not go
unpunished
.
Whoso
is
mocking
at
the poor Hath
reproached
his
Maker ,
Whoso
is
rejoicing
at
calamity is
not acquitted
.
Grandchildren
are the crown of the
aged
, and the glory of a
son
is
his
father
.
Sons'
sons
`
are '
the crown of old
men
, And the glory of sons
`are'
their
fathers
.
Eloquent
words
are
unfit
for a fool ;
how
much worse
are
lying
lips
to
a ruler!
Not
comely
for a fool is
a
lip
of
excellency,
Much less
for
a noble
a
lip
of
falsehood.
A bribe
is a
charm
to
its giver;
wherever
he
turns
, he
succeeds
.
A stone
of
grace
`
is '
the
bribe
in
the
eyes
of
its possessors
, Whithersoever
it
turneth,
it
prospereth
.
Whoever
conceals
an
offense
promotes
love, but
he
who
brings
it
up
separates
friends
.
Whoso
is
covering
transgression
is
seeking
love, And
whoso
is
repeating
a
matter
Is
separating
a
familiar
friend
.
A
rebuke cuts
into
a
man
of
discernment
deeper
than a hundred lashes
cut
into
a fool.
Rebuke cometh
down
on
the
intelligent
More
than a hundred stripes
on
a fool.
An evil man seeks
only rebellion ;
a cruel
messenger will
be
sent against him.
An evil man seeketh
only rebellion ,
And
a fierce
messenger is
sent against him.
It
is
better
to
meet
a bear robbed
of
her
cubs
than
a fool in his folly.
The
meeting
of
a bereaved
bear by
a man,
And
--
not
a
fool in his folly.
If
anyone
returns
evil for good, evil will
never
leave
his house.
Whoso
is
returning
evil for good, Evil moveth
not
from
his house.
To
start
a
quarrel
is to
release
a flood;
so
abandon
the
dispute
before it breaks
out
.
The
beginning
of
contention
`
is '
a letting
out
of
waters,
And
before it is
meddled
with
leave
the
strife
.
Acquitting
the guilty
and condemning the righteous —
both are detestable
to the
LORD
.
Whoso
is
justifying
the wicked,
And condemning the righteous ,
Even
both of
these
`
are '
an
abomination
to Jehovah
.
Why should
the
fool
have
money
in his
hand with
no
intention
of buying
wisdom?
Why `is'
this
--
a
price
in the
hand of a
fool
to
buy
wisdom ,
And
a
heart
there
is
none
?
A
friend
loves
at all times, and a brother is
born
for adversity.
At all times is
the
friend
loving
, And a brother for adversity is
born
.
A man lacking judgment
strikes
hands in
pledge
and
puts
up
security
for
his neighbor
.
A man lacking heart
is
striking
hands ,
A
surety
he
becometh
before
his friend
.
He
who
loves
transgression loves
strife;
he
who
builds
his
gate
high invites
destruction.
Whoso
is
loving
transgression is
loving
debate,
Whoso
is
making
high his
entrance
is
seeking
destruction.
The one
with
a
perverse heart finds
no
good, and he
whose
tongue is
deceitful
falls
into trouble
.
The perverse of
heart findeth
not
good, And the
turned
in
his
tongue falleth
into evil
.
A
man
fathers
a fool to
his
own
grief;
the father of a fool has
no
joy
.
Whoso
is
begetting
a fool hath
affliction
for
it,
Yea,
the father of a fool rejoiceth
not
.
A joyful
heart is
good medicine
, but
a broken
spirit dries
up
the bones
.
A rejoicing
heart doth
good to
the
body
, And
a smitten
spirit drieth
the bone
.
A wicked
man
takes
a
covert
bribe to subvert
the course
of justice
.
A bribe from
the
bosom
the
wicked
taketh,
To turn
aside
the paths
of judgment
.
Wisdom
is
the focus
of the discerning
, but
the eyes of a fool wander
to
the ends
of the earth.
The face
of the intelligent
`is'
to
wisdom
, And
the eyes of a fool --
at
the end
of the earth.
A foolish
son
brings
grief
to his father and bitterness to her who
bore
him.
A provocation
to his father `is'
a
foolish
son,
And bitterness to her that
bare
him.
It
is surely
not good to
punish
the
innocent
or
to flog
a
noble
for his
honesty
.
Also,
to
fine
the
righteous
is not good ,
To smite
nobles
for uprightness
.
A
man
of
knowledge restrains
his words, and a man of understanding maintains
a
calm
spirit
.
One
acquainted
with
knowledge is
sparing
his words, And the
cool
of
temper
`is'
a man of understanding.
Even a fool is considered
wise if
he
keeps
silent
, and
discerning
when
he holds
his tongue.
Even a fool keeping
silence
is reckoned
wise, He who
is
shutting
his lips
intelligent!
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