A soft answer will turn away wrath, but a word of trouble will stir {anger}.

Better [is] little with the fear of Yahweh than great treasure and trouble with it.

Better [is] a dinner of vegetables when love [is] there than a fattened ox and hatred with it.

A man who is hot-tempered will stir up strife, but he who is slow [to] {anger}, he will calm contention.

Folly is a joy to him who lacks {sense}, and a person of understanding {will walk upright}.

Joy [belongs] to a man with answers in his mouth, and a word in its time, how good [it is]!

Fear of Yahweh [is] the instruction of the wise, and before honor [comes] humility.

A heart of righteousness will ponder the answer, but a mouth of wickedness will pour out deceit.

A child of wisdom will make a father glad, but a {foolish person}, he despises his mother.

Yahweh is far from the wicked, but the prayers of the righteous he will hear.

The path of life [leads] upward for him who has insight, in order to turn away from Sheol below.

The way of the lazy is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright [is] a highway.

He who makes trouble for his house [is] he who is greedy for unjust gain, but he who hates bribes will live.

Plans of evil [are] an abomination of Yahweh, but gracious words are pure.

The ear of him who listens [to] admonitions of life, in the midst of the wise it will lodge.

Plans go wrong when there is no counsel, but with many advisors it will succeed.

In every place, the eyes of Yahweh keep watch over the evil and the good.

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination of Yahweh, but the prayer of the upright [is] his delight.

From the light of the eyes, the heart will rejoice, and good news will enliven the bones.

All the days of the poor [are] hard, but goodness of heart [is] a continuous feast.

A heart of gladness will make good {countenance}, but in sorrow of heart a spirit is broken.

Gentleness of tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it [causes] a break in spirit.

The tongue of the wise will dispense knowledge, but the mouth of fools will pour out folly.

A fool will despise the instruction of his father, but he who guards reproof is prudent.

He who ignores instruction despises himself, but he who hears admonition gains heart.

The house of the proud, Yahweh will tear [it] down, but he will maintain the {property line} of the widow.

Sheol and Abaddon [are] before Yahweh, {how much more} the hearts of the children of men!

The heart of him who understands will seek knowledge, but the faces of fools, they will feed on folly.

A scoffer does not like {his rebuke}; to the wise he will not go.

An abomination of Yahweh is the way of the wicked, but he who pursues righteousness he will love.

Severe discipline [belongs] to him who forsakes the way; he who hates a rebuke will die.

[In] the house of the righteous [there is] much treasure, but the income of the wicked brings trouble.

The lips of the wise will spread knowledge, but the heart of fools, not so.