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