Old Testament · Poetry and wisdom

Proverbs chapter 12

Anyone who loves being loves , but anyone who hates being told they’re wrong is just stupid.A person earns Yahweh’s , but Yahweh condemns anyone who .No one builds a stable life through , but the of those who do right can never be pulled up.A is her husband’s , but a wife who brings shame is like in his bones.The plans of an person are fair, but the advice the give is full of deceit.The words of the corrupt are a , but the speech of the upright them.The corrupt are and disappear, but the of the upright endures.A person is praised for , but someone with a is despised.Better to be a who has a servant than to while going hungry.An upright person of their animals, but even the of the corrupt is cruel.Anyone who will have plenty to eat, but anyone who chases has no sense.The corrupt of other evildoers, but the of the upright produces fruit.A bad person gets by their own , but an upright person escapes trouble.Good things come back to you from , and what you do with your hands . think whatever they’re doing is fine, but a person actually listens to advice.A fool shows their irritation instantly, but a person an insult.An tells the truth, but a lying witness spreads . cut like a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings .Truthful words , but lying words last only .Deceit fills the hearts of those who , but those who plan for are full of .No real comes to the upright, but the corrupt are .Yahweh lying lips, but people who are his .A person keeps what they know to themselves, but the heart of fools stupidity. end up , but the lazy end up as . weighs a person down, but a lifts them up.An upright person is , but the path the corrupt take .A never even cooks what they catch, but a hard worker .On the there is -- along that road, there is .