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The Proverbs

Literal Standard Version 2020

- Kapitel 14 -

The righteous and the unrighteous

1
Every wise woman has built her house, || And the foolish breaks it down with her hands.
2
Whoever is walking in his uprightness is fearing YHWH, || And the perverted is despising Him [in] his ways.
3
A rod of pride [is] in the mouth of a fool, || And the lips of the wise preserve them.
4
Without oxen a stall [is] clean, || And great [is] the increase by the power of the ox.
5
A faithful witness does not lie, || And a false witness breathes out lies.
6
A scorner has sought wisdom, and it is not, || And knowledge [is] easy to the intelligent.
7
Go from before a foolish man, || Or you have not known the lips of knowledge.
8
The wisdom of the prudent [is] to understand his way, || And the folly of fools [is] deceit.
9
Fools mock at a guilt-offering, || And among the uprighta pleasing thing.
10
The heart knows its own bitterness, || And a stranger does not interfere with its joy.
11
The house of the wicked is destroyed, || And the tent of the upright flourishes.
12
There is a wayright before a man, || And its latter end [are] ways of death.
13
Even in laughter is the heart pained, || And the latter end of joy [is] affliction.
14
The backslider in heart is filled from his ways, || And a good manfrom his fruits.
15
The simple gives credence to everything, || And the prudent attends to his step.
16
The wise is fearing and turning from evil, || And a fool is transgressing and is confident.
17
Whoever is short of temper does folly, || And a man of wicked schemes is hated.
18
The simple have inherited folly, || And the prudent are crowned [with] knowledge.
19
The evil have bowed down before the good, || And the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

Rich and poor

20
The poor is hated even of his neighbor, || And those loving the rich [are] many.
21
Whoever is despising his neighbor sins, || Whoever is favoring the humble, || O his blessedness.
22
Do they who are devising evil not err? And kindness and truth [are] to those devising good,
23
In all labor there is advantage, || And a thing of the lips [is] only to want.
24
The crown of the wise is their wealth, || The folly of fools [is] folly.
25
A true witness is delivering souls, || And a deceitful one breathes out lies.
26
Strong confidence [is] in the fear of YHWH, || And there is a refuge to His sons.
27
The fear of YHWH [is] a fountain of life, || To turn aside from snares of death.
28
The honor of a king [is] in the multitude of a people, || And the ruin of a prince in lack of people.
29
Whoever is slow to anger [is] of great understanding, || And whoever is short in temper is exalting folly.
30
A healed heart [is] life to the flesh, || And rottenness to the bones [is] envy.
31
An oppressor of the poor reproaches his Maker, || And whoever is honoring Him || Is favoring the needy.
32
The wicked is driven away in his wickedness, || And the righteous [is] trustful in his death.
33
Wisdom rests in the heart of the intelligent. And it is known in the midst of fools.
34
Righteousness exalts a nation, || And the righteousness of peoples [is] a sin-offering.
35
The favor of a king [is] to a wise servant, || And one causing shame is an object of his wrath!