1 ARST Wise children pay attention when their fathers instruct them, but people who ridicule{ other people} do not pay attention when people correct{ them}. BSB BSB: A wise son heeds his father’s discipline, but a mocker does not listen to rebuke.
2 ARST What people say will enable them to eat good{ food}, but people who act treacherously{ only} want to act violently. BSB BSB: From the fruit of his lips a man enjoys good things, but the desire of the faithless is violence.
3 ARST People who are careful about what they say enable themselves to stay alive,{ but} people who speak carelessly destroy themselves. BSB BSB: He who guards his mouth protects his life, but the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin.
4 ARST Lazy people always want something but never receive it, but people who work hard will receive more than what they want. BSB BSB: The slacker craves yet has nothing, but the soul of the diligent is fully satisfied.
5 ARST Righteous people detest speaking falsely, but wicked people are disgusting and disgraceful. BSB BSB: The righteous hate falsehood, but the wicked bring shame and disgrace.
6 ARST Acting righteously enables people who act blamelessly to be safe, but acting wickedly causes sinful people to do what will destroy them. BSB BSB: Righteousness guards the man of integrity, but wickedness undermines the sinner.
7 ARST Some people act as if they are wealthy while they are{ actually} poor. Other people act as if they are poor while they are{ actually} wealthy. BSB BSB: One pretends to be rich, but has nothing; another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.
8 ARST Rich people{ might} have to pay money{ to someone who threatens them} in order to stay alive, but poor people do not{ even} listen when someone threatens them. BSB BSB: Riches may ransom a man’s life, but a poor man hears no threat.
9 ARST Righteous people live joyfully like a light{ that shines brightly}, but wicked people{ will merely die} like an oil lamp that stops burning{ oil}. BSB BSB: The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is extinguished.
10 ARST People acting proudly only causes people to argue, but people who let others advise them are wise. BSB BSB: Arrogance leads only to strife, but wisdom is with the well-advised.
11 ARST Riches that people gain effortlessly will diminish, but people who gain riches by working hard will increase{ their riches}. BSB BSB: Dishonest wealth will dwindle, but what is earned through hard work will be multiplied.
12 ARST People despair when they do not receive what they hope to receive, but receiving what people want to receive is{ like} a tree{ with fruit} that keeps those people alive. BSB BSB: Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but desire fulfilled is a tree of life.
13 ARST People who detest what others{ try to} teach them will suffer for doing so, but God will reward those very people who reverently fear what he has commanded. BSB BSB: He who despises instruction will pay the penalty, but the one who respects a command will be rewarded.
14 ARST What wise people teach is like a spring that enables people to live for a long time. It enables people to avoid what could kill them. BSB BSB: The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, turning one from the snares of death.
15 ARST People approve of people who are very insightful, but how treacherous people live is harsh. BSB BSB: Good understanding wins favor, but the way of the faithless is difficult.
16 ARST All clever people act according to what they know, but foolish people show how foolish they are{ by how they act}. BSB BSB: Every prudent man acts with knowledge, but a fool displays his folly.
17 ARST Bad things happen to messengers who are not reliable, but reliable messengers help people heal. BSB BSB: A wicked messenger falls into trouble, but a faithful envoy brings healing.
18 ARST People who do not let other people correct them will be poor and ashamed, but people will respect those people who let other people rebuke them. BSB BSB: Poverty and shame come to him who ignores discipline, but whoever heeds correction is honored.
19 ARST People feel pleasant when they get what they want, but foolish people detest refusing to do what is evil. BSB BSB: Desire fulfilled is sweet to the soul, but turning from evil is detestable to fools.
20 ARST People who associate with wise people will become wise{ themselves}, but people who are companions of foolish people will agonize. BSB BSB: He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.
21 ARST Bad things happen to sinful people, but good things happen to righteous people. BSB BSB: Disaster pursues sinners, but prosperity is the reward of the righteous.
22 ARST Good people will leave riches for their grandchildren when they die, but righteous people will receive the riches that sinful people have saved. BSB BSB: A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the sinner’s wealth is passed to the righteous.
23 ARST Poor people have fields that can produce a lot of food, but unjust people take it all away{ from them}. BSB BSB: Abundant food is in the fallow ground of the poor, but without justice it is swept away.
24 ARST Parents who do not physically punish{ their children act as if they} hate their children, but parents who{ truly} love their children are careful to discipline them. BSB BSB: He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him diligently.
25 ARST Righteous people eat enough{ food} to satisfy themselves, but wicked people are always hungry. BSB BSB: A righteous man eats to his heart’s content, but the stomach of the wicked is empty.
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