Châm Ngôn 12

¹To love discipline is to love knowledge; \q to hate correction is plain stupidity. ²A good person wins favor from the LORD, \q but he condemns the one who plots evil. ³No one is made secure by wickedness, \q but the roots of the righteous cannot be dislodged. ⁴A capable wife is a crown on her husband’s head, \q but a wife who disgraces him is decay in his bones. ⁵The plans of the righteous are fair, \q but the advice of the wicked is full of deceit. ⁶When the wicked speak, they are setting an ambush to kill, \q but what the upright say rescues them. ⁷The wicked are overthrown and gone, \q but the house of the righteous will stand firm. ⁸People are praised for their good sense, \q but the one with a twisted mind is held in contempt. ⁹Better to be a nobody with a servant \q than to put on airs and have nothing to eat.^{a 10}The righteous take care of their animals, \q but even the kindness of the wicked is cruel. ¹¹Those who work their land will have plenty to eat, \q but those who chase fantasies have no sense. ¹²The wicked want what evil people have caught, \q but the root of the righteous bears fruit.^{b 13}The wicked are trapped by their sinful talk, \q but the righteous get out of trouble. ¹⁴People are filled with good things by the fruit of their words, \q and the work of their hands comes back to them. ¹⁵Fools think their own way is right, \q but the wise listen to advice. ¹⁶A fool shows annoyance at once, \q but a prudent person overlooks an insult. ¹⁷An honest witness tells what is right, \q but a false witness tells lies. ¹⁸Thoughtless words cut like a sword, \q but what the wise say heals. ¹⁹Truthful words endure forever, \q but a lie is over in the blink of an eye. ²⁰There is deceit in the hearts of those who plot evil, \q but joy for those who work for peace. ²¹No real harm comes to the righteous, \q but the wicked are full of trouble. ²²The LORD detests lying lips, \q but people who keep faith are his delight. ²³Sensible people keep what they know to themselves, \q but the minds of fools blurt out folly. ²⁴Hard workers will end up in charge, \q but the lazy will be made to work for others. ²⁵Worry weighs down the heart, \q but a kind word lifts it up. ²⁶The righteous give their friends good direction, \q but the road the wicked take leads them astray.^{c 27}The lazy never cook what they catch, \q but the diligent value what they have. ²⁸On the road of righteousness there is life; \q along that path there is no death.^d