Young's Literal Translation: Proverbs Page 15

12:16 The fool -- in a day is his anger known, And the prudent is covering shame.

12:17 Whoso uttereth faithfulness declareth righteousness, And a false witness -- deceit.

12:18 A rash speaker is like piercings of a sword, And the tongue of the wise is healing.

12:19 The lip of truth is established for ever, And for a moment -- a tongue of falsehood.

12:20 Deceit [is] in the heart of those devising evil, And to those counselling peace [is] joy.

12:21 No iniquity is desired by the righteous, And the wicked have been full of evil.

12:22 An abomination to Jehovah [are] lying lips, And stedfast doers [are] his delight.

12:23 A prudent man is concealing knowledge, And the heart of fools proclaimeth folly.

12:24 The hand of the diligent ruleth, And slothfulness becometh tributary.

12:25 Sorrow in the heart of a man boweth down, And a good word maketh him glad.

12:26 The righteous searcheth his companion, And the way of the wicked causeth them to err.

12:27 The slothful roasteth not his hunting, And the wealth of a diligent man is precious.

12:28 In the path of righteousness [is] life, And in the way of [that] path [is] no death!

13:1 A wise son -- the instruction of a father, And a scorner -- he hath not heard rebuke.

13:2 From the fruit of the mouth a man eateth good, And the soul of the treacherous -- violence.

13:3 Whoso is keeping his mouth, is keeping his soul, Whoso is opening wide his lips -- ruin to him!

13:4 The soul of the slothful is desiring, and hath not. And the soul of the diligent is made fat.

13:5 A false word the righteous hateth, And the wicked causeth abhorrence, and is confounded.

13:6 Righteousness keepeth him who is perfect in the way, And wickedness overthroweth a sin offering.

13:7 There is who is making himself rich, and hath nothing, Who is making himself poor, and wealth [is] abundant.

13:8 The ransom of a man's life [are] his riches, And the poor hath not heard rebuke.

13:9 The light of the righteous rejoiceth, And the lamp of the wicked is extinguished.