Châm Ngôn 10

The proverbs of Solomon

¹The proverbs of Solomon. \q A wise son is his father’s joy, \q but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother. ²Wealth gained by wickedness does no good in the end, \q but righteousness rescues from death. ³The LORD will not leave the righteous to starve, \q but he pushes away what the wicked crave. ⁴A slack hand leads to poverty, \q but hard-working hands bring wealth. ⁵A son who gathers the crops in summer is wise; \q a son who sleeps through harvest brings disgrace. ⁶The righteous wear blessings like a crown, \q but violence lies hidden behind the words of the wicked. ⁷The righteous are remembered with blessing, \q but the name of the wicked decays. ⁸The wise in heart accept instruction, \q but a fool who keeps talking will come to ruin. ⁹Whoever lives honestly walks without fear, \q but the one who takes crooked roads will be exposed. ¹⁰Someone who winks with the eye causes trouble, \q and a fool who keeps talking will come to ruin.^{a 11}What the righteous say is a spring of life, \q but behind the words of the wicked lies violence. ¹²Hatred starts fights, \q but love draws a veil over every wrong. ¹³Wisdom is found on the lips of a person of understanding, \q but the rod is for the back of one with no sense. ¹⁴The wise keep knowledge in store, \q but a fool’s mouth invites ruin. ¹⁵A rich person’s wealth is a fortified city; \q poverty is what ruins the poor. ¹⁶What the righteous earn leads to life; \q what the wicked gain leads to sin. ¹⁷Whoever holds on to discipline is on the road to life, \q but whoever rejects correction leads others astray. ¹⁸Hiding hatred makes for lying lips, \q and spreading slander makes a fool. ¹⁹Where there are many words, wrongdoing is never far away, \q but whoever holds back their words is wise. ²⁰The tongue of the righteous is pure silver; \q the heart of the wicked is worth very little. ²¹The words of the righteous nourish many, \q but fools die for lack of sense. ²²It is the blessing of the LORD that makes rich, \q and hard work adds nothing to it.^{b 23}Doing wrong is a game to a fool, \q but a person of understanding delights in wisdom. ²⁴What the wicked dread is what will happen to them, \q but what the righteous long for will be given to them. ²⁵When the whirlwind has passed through, the wicked are gone, \q but the righteous have a foundation that lasts forever. ²⁶Like vinegar on the teeth or smoke in the eyes \q is a lazy messenger to those who send him. ²⁷The fear of the LORD lengthens life, \q but the years of the wicked are cut off early. ²⁸What the righteous hope for ends in joy, \q but the hopes of the wicked come to nothing. ²⁹For those with integrity the way of the LORD is a refuge, \q but for evildoers it is ruin. ³⁰The righteous will never be moved, \q but the wicked will not remain in the land. ³¹Wisdom grows from the mouth of the righteous like fruit, \q but a twisted tongue will be cut out. ³²The righteous know how to say what is pleasing, \q but the wicked speak only what is twisted.