Proverbs 15

¹A soft answer breaketh anger: and a hard word raiseth up fury.

²The tongue of the wise adorneth knowledge: the mouth of fools boileth forth folly.

³In every place the eyes of our Lord behold the good and the evil.

⁴A peaceable tongue is a tree of life: but that which is immoderate, shall break the spirit.

⁵A fool scorneth the discipline of his father: but he that regardeth reprehensions, shall become more prudent. In abundant justice there is greater force: but the cogitations of the impious shall be rooted out.

⁶The house of the just is very much strength: and in the fruits of the impious is perturbation.

⁷The lips of the wise shall sow knowledge: the heart of fools shall be unlike.

⁸The victims of the impious are abominable to our Lord: the vows of the just are acceptable.

⁹The way of the impious is abomination to our Lord: he that followeth justice is beloved of him.

¹⁰The doctrine is evil of them that forsake the way of life: he that hateth reprehensions shall die.

¹¹Hell and perdition are before our Lord: how much more the hearts of the children of men?

¹²The pestilent man loveth not him that rebuketh him: nor goeth to the wise.

¹³A glad heart cheereth the face: in pensiveness of mind the spirit is cast down.

¹⁴The heart of the wise seeketh doctrine: and the mouth of fools is fed with unskillfulness.

¹⁵All the days of the poor are evil: a secure mind is as it were a continual feast.

¹⁶Better is a little with the fear of our Lord, than great treasures and unsatiable.

¹⁷It is better to be called to herbs with charity: than to a fatted calf with hatred.

¹⁸An angry man stirreth brawls: he that is patient appeaseth those that are raised.

¹⁹The way of the slothful is as an hedge of thorns: the way of the just is without offence.

²⁰A wise son maketh the father joyful: and the foolish man despiseth his mother.

²¹Folly is joy to a fool: and the wise man directeth his steps.

²²Cogitations are dissipated where there is no counsel: but where many counsellers are, they are confirmed.

²³Aman rejoiceth in the sentence of his mouth: and a word in due time is best.

²⁴The path of life above the learned, that he may decline from the lowest hell.

²⁵Our Lord will destroy the house of the proud: and will make sure the borders of the widow.

²⁶Evil cogitations are an abomination to our Lord: and pure speech most beautiful shall be confirmed of him.

²⁷He that pursueth avarice disturbeth his house: but he that hateth gifts shall live. By mercy and faith sins are purged: and by the fear of our Lord every one declineth from evil.

²⁸The mind of the just meditateth obedience: the mouth of the impious redoundeth with evils.

²⁹Our Lord is far from the impious: and he will hear the prayers of the just.

³⁰The light of the eyes rejoiceth the soul: a good name fatteth the bones.

³¹The ear that heareth the reprehensions of life, shall abide in the midst of the wise.

³²He that rejecteth discipline, despiseth his soul: but he that yieldeth to reprehensions, is a possessor of the heart.

³³The fear of our Lord, the discipline of wisdom: and humility goeth before glory.