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Chapter 15
1 A mild answer breaks wrath: but a harsh word stirs up fury.
2 The tongue of the wise adorns knowledge: but the mouth of fools bubbles out folly.
3 The eyes of the Lord in every place behold the good and the evil.
4 A peaceable tongue is a tree of life: but that which is immoderate, shall crush the spirit.
5 A fool laughs at the instruction of his father: but he that regards reproofs shall become prudent. In abundant justice there is the greatest strength: but the devices of the wicked shall be rooted out.
6 The house of the just is very much strength: and in the fruits of the wicked is trouble.
7 The lips of the wise shall disperse knowledge: the heart of fools shall be unlike.
8 The victims of the wicked are abominable to the Lord: the vows of the just are acceptable.
9 The way of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord: he that follows justice is beloved by him.
10 Instruction is grievous to him that forsakes the way of life: he that hates reproof shall die.
11 Hell and destruction are before the Lord: how much more the hearts of the children of men?
12 A corrupt man loves not one that reproves him: nor will he go to the wise.
13 A glad heart makes a cheerful countenance: but by grief of mind the spirit is cast down.
14 The heart of the wise seeks instruction: and the mouth of fools feeds on foolishness.
15 All the days of the poor are evil: a secure mind is like a continual feast.
16 Better is a little with the fear of the Lord, than great treasures without content,
17 It is better to be invited to herbs with love, than to a fatted calf with hatred.
18 A passionate man stirs up strifes: he that is patient appeases those that are stirred up.
19 The way of the slothful is as a hedge of thorns; the way of the just is without offence.
20 A wise son makes a father joyful: but the foolish man despises his mother.
21 Folly is joy to the fool: and the wise man makes straight his steps.
22 Designs are brought to nothing where there is no counsel: but where there are many counsellors, they are established.
23 A man rejoices in the sentence of his mouth: and a word in due time is best.
24 The path of life is above for the wise, that he may decline from the lowest hell.
25 The Lord will destroy the house of the proud: and will strengthen the borders of the widow.
26 Evil thoughts are an abomination to the Lord: and pure words most beautiful shall be confirmed by him.
27 He that is greedy of gain troubles his own house: but he that hates bribes shall live. By mercy and faith sins are purged away: and by the fear of the Lord every one declines from evil.
28 The mind of the just studies obedience: the mouth of the wicked over flows with evils.
29 The Lord is far from the wicked: and he will hear the prayers of the just.
30 The light of the eyes rejoices the soul: a good name makes the bones fat.
31 The ear that hears the reproofs of life, shall abide in the midst of the wise.
32 He that rejects instruction, despises his own soul: but he that yields to reproof possesses understanding.
33 The fear of the Lord is the lesson of wisdom: and humility goes before glory.