ylt - Proverbs:16-20

ylt@Proverbs:16:1 @Of man [are] arrangements of the heart, And from Jehovah an answer of the tongue.

ylt@Proverbs:16:2 @All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, And Jehovah is pondering the spirits.

ylt@Proverbs:16:3 @Roll unto Jehovah thy works, And established are thy purposes,

ylt@Proverbs:16:4 @All things hath Jehovah wrought for Himself, And also the wicked [worketh] for a day of evil.

ylt@Proverbs:16:5 @An abomination to Jehovah [is] every proud one of heart, Hand to hand he is not acquitted.

ylt@Proverbs:16:6 @In kindness and truth pardoned is iniquity, And in the fear of Jehovah Turn thou aside from evil.

ylt@Proverbs:16:7 @When a man's ways please Jehovah, even his enemies, He causeth to be at peace with him.

ylt@Proverbs:16:8 @Better [is] a little with righteousness, Than abundance of increase without justice.

ylt@Proverbs:16:9 @The heart of man deviseth his way, And Jehovah establisheth his step.

ylt@Proverbs:16:10 @An oath [is] on the lips of a king, In judgment his mouth trespasseth not.

ylt@Proverbs:16:11 @A just beam and balances [are] Jehovah's, His work [are] all the stones of the bag.

ylt@Proverbs:16:12 @An abomination to kings [is] doing wickedness, For by righteousness is a throne established.

ylt@Proverbs:16:13 @The delight of kings [are] righteous lips, And whoso is speaking uprightly he loveth,

ylt@Proverbs:16:14 @The fury of a king [is] messengers of death, And a wise man pacifieth it.

ylt@Proverbs:16:15 @In the light of a king's face [is] life, And his good-will [is] as a cloud of the latter rain.

ylt@Proverbs:16:16 @To get wisdom -- how much better than gold, And to get understanding to be chosen than silver!

ylt@Proverbs:16:17 @A highway of the upright [is], 'Turn from evil,' Whoso is preserving his soul is watching his way.

ylt@Proverbs:16:18 @Before destruction [is] pride, And before stumbling -- a haughty spirit.'

ylt@Proverbs:16:19 @Better is humility of spirit with the poor, Than to apportion spoil with the proud.

ylt@Proverbs:16:20 @The wise in any matter findeth good, And whoso is trusting in Jehovah, O his happiness.

ylt@Proverbs:16:21 @To the wise in heart is called, 'Intelligent,' And sweetness of lips increaseth learning.

ylt@Proverbs:16:22 @A fountain of life [is] understanding to its possessors, The instruction of fools is folly.

ylt@Proverbs:16:23 @The heart of the wise causeth his mouth to act wisely, And by his lips he increaseth learning,

ylt@Proverbs:16:24 @Sayings of pleasantness [are] a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul, and healing to the bone.

ylt@Proverbs:16:25 @There is a way right before a man, And its latter end -- ways of death.

ylt@Proverbs:16:26 @A labouring man hath laboured for himself, For his mouth hath caused [him] to bend over it.

ylt@Proverbs:16:27 @A worthless man is preparing evil, And on his lips -- as a burning fire.

ylt@Proverbs:16:28 @A froward man sendeth forth contention, A tale-bearer is separating a familiar friend.

ylt@Proverbs:16:29 @A violent man enticeth his neighbour, And hath causeth him to go in a way not good.

ylt@Proverbs:16:30 @Consulting his eyes to devise froward things, Moving his lips he hath accomplished evil.

ylt@Proverbs:16:31 @A crown of beauty [are] grey hairs, In the way of righteousness it is found.

ylt@Proverbs:16:32 @Better [is] the slow to anger than the mighty, And the ruler over his spirit than he who is taking a city.

ylt@Proverbs:16:33 @Into the centre is the lot cast, And from Jehovah [is] all its judgment!

ylt@Proverbs:17:1 @Better [is] a dry morsel, and rest with it, Than a house full of the sacrifices of strife.

ylt@Proverbs:17:2 @A wise servant ruleth over a son causing shame, And in the midst of brethren He apportioneth an inheritance.

ylt@Proverbs:17:3 @A refining pot [is] for silver, and a furnace for gold, And the trier of hearts [is] Jehovah.

ylt@Proverbs:17:4 @An evil doer is attentive to lips of vanity, Falsehood is giving ear to a mischievous tongue.

ylt@Proverbs:17:5 @Whoso is mocking at the poor Hath reproached his Maker, Whoso is rejoicing at calamity is not acquitted.

ylt@Proverbs:17:6 @Sons' sons [are] the crown of old men, And the glory of sons [are] their fathers.

ylt@Proverbs:17:7 @Not comely for a fool is a lip of excellency, Much less for a noble a lip of falsehood.

ylt@Proverbs:17:8 @A stone of grace [is] the bribe in the eyes of its possessors, Whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.

ylt@Proverbs:17:9 @Whoso is covering transgression is seeking love, And whoso is repeating a matter Is separating a familiar friend.

ylt@Proverbs:17:10 @Rebuke cometh down on the intelligent More than a hundred stripes on a fool.

ylt@Proverbs:17:11 @An evil man seeketh only rebellion, And a fierce messenger is sent against him.

ylt@Proverbs:17:12 @The meeting of a bereaved bear by a man, And -- not a fool in his folly.

ylt@Proverbs:17:13 @Whoso is returning evil for good, Evil moveth not from his house.

ylt@Proverbs:17:14 @The beginning of contention [is] a letting out of waters, And before it is meddled with leave the strife.

ylt@Proverbs:17:15 @Whoso is justifying the wicked, And condemning the righteous, Even both of these [are] an abomination to Jehovah.

ylt@Proverbs:17:16 @Why [is] this -- a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, And a heart there is none?

ylt@Proverbs:17:17 @At all times is the friend loving, And a brother for adversity is born.

ylt@Proverbs:17:18 @A man lacking heart is striking hands, A surety he becometh before his friend.

ylt@Proverbs:17:19 @Whoso is loving transgression is loving debate, Whoso is making high his entrance is seeking destruction.

ylt@Proverbs:17:20 @The perverse of heart findeth not good, And the turned in his tongue falleth into evil.

ylt@Proverbs:17:21 @Whoso is begetting a fool hath affliction for it, Yea, the father of a fool rejoiceth not.

ylt@Proverbs:17:22 @A rejoicing heart doth good to the body, And a smitten spirit drieth the bone.

ylt@Proverbs:17:23 @A bribe from the bosom the wicked taketh, To turn aside the paths of judgment.

ylt@Proverbs:17:24 @The face of the intelligent [is] to wisdom, And the eyes of a fool -- at the end of the earth.

ylt@Proverbs:17:25 @A provocation to his father [is] a foolish son, And bitterness to her that bare him.

ylt@Proverbs:17:26 @Also, to fine the righteous is not good, To smite nobles for uprightness.

ylt@Proverbs:17:27 @One acquainted with knowledge is sparing his words, And the cool of temper [is] a man of understanding.

ylt@Proverbs:17:28 @Even a fool keeping silence is reckoned wise, He who is shutting his lips intelligent!

ylt@Proverbs:18:1 @For [an object of] desire he who is separated doth seek, With all wisdom he intermeddleth.

ylt@Proverbs:18:2 @A fool delighteth not in understanding, But -- in uncovering his heart.

ylt@Proverbs:18:3 @With the coming of the wicked come also hath contempt, And with shame -- reproach.

ylt@Proverbs:18:4 @Deep waters [are] the words of a man's mouth, The fountain of wisdom [is] a flowing brook.

ylt@Proverbs:18:5 @Acceptance of the face of the wicked [is] not good, To turn aside the righteous in judgment.

ylt@Proverbs:18:6 @The lips of a fool enter into strife, And his mouth for stripes calleth.

ylt@Proverbs:18:7 @The mouth of a fool [is] ruin to him, And his lips [are] the snare of his soul.

ylt@Proverbs:18:8 @The words of a tale-bearer [are] as self-inflicted wounds, And they have gone down [to] the inner parts of the heart.

ylt@Proverbs:18:9 @He also that is remiss in his work, A brother he [is] to a destroyer.

ylt@Proverbs:18:10 @A tower of strength [is] the name of Jehovah, Into it the righteous runneth, and is set on high.

ylt@Proverbs:18:11 @The wealth of the rich [is] the city of his strength, And as a wall set on high in his own imagination.

ylt@Proverbs:18:12 @Before destruction the heart of man is high, And before honour [is] humility.

ylt@Proverbs:18:13 @Whoso is answering a matter before he heareth, Folly it is to him and shame.

ylt@Proverbs:18:14 @The spirit of a man sustaineth his sickness, And a smitten spirit who doth bear?

ylt@Proverbs:18:15 @The heart of the intelligent getteth knowledge, And the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.

ylt@Proverbs:18:16 @The gift of a man maketh room for him, And before the great it leadeth him.

ylt@Proverbs:18:17 @Righteous [is] the first in his own cause, His neighbour cometh and hath searched him.

ylt@Proverbs:18:18 @The lot causeth contentions to cease, And between the mighty it separateth.

ylt@Proverbs:18:19 @A brother transgressed against is as a strong city, And contentions as the bar of a palace.

ylt@Proverbs:18:20 @From the fruit of a man's mouth is his belly satisfied, [From the] increase of his lips he is satisfied.

ylt@Proverbs:18:21 @Death and life [are] in the power of the tongue, And those loving it eat its fruit.

ylt@Proverbs:18:22 @[Whoso] hath found a wife hath found good, And bringeth out good-will from Jehovah.

ylt@Proverbs:18:23 @[With] supplications doth the poor speak, And the rich answereth fierce things.

ylt@Proverbs:18:24 @A man with friends [is] to show himself friendly, And there is a lover adhering more than a brother!

ylt@Proverbs:19:1 @Better [is] the poor walking in his integrity, Than the perverse [in] his lips, who [is] a fool.

ylt@Proverbs:19:2 @Also, without knowledge the soul [is] not good, And the hasty in feet is sinning.

ylt@Proverbs:19:3 @The folly of man perverteth his way, And against Jehovah is his heart wroth.

ylt@Proverbs:19:4 @Wealth addeth many friends, And the poor from his neighbour is separated.

ylt@Proverbs:19:5 @A false witness is not acquitted, Whoso breatheth out lies is not delivered.

ylt@Proverbs:19:6 @Many entreat the face of the noble, And all have made friendship to a man of gifts.

ylt@Proverbs:19:7 @All the brethren of the poor have hated him, Surely also his friends have been far from him, He is pursuing words -- they are not!

ylt@Proverbs:19:8 @Whoso is getting heart is loving his soul, He is keeping understanding to find good.

ylt@Proverbs:19:9 @A false witness is not acquitted, And whoso breatheth out lies perisheth.

ylt@Proverbs:19:10 @Luxury is not comely for a fool, Much less for a servant to rule among princes.

ylt@Proverbs:19:11 @The wisdom of a man hath deferred his anger, And his glory [is] to pass over transgression.

ylt@Proverbs:19:12 @The wrath of a king [is] a growl as of a young lion, And as dew on the herb his good-will.

ylt@Proverbs:19:13 @A calamity to his father [is] a foolish son, And the contentions of a wife [are] a continual dropping.

ylt@Proverbs:19:14 @House and wealth [are] the inheritance of fathers, And from Jehovah [is] an understanding wife.

ylt@Proverbs:19:15 @Sloth causeth deep sleep to fall, And an indolent soul doth hunger.

ylt@Proverbs:19:16 @Whoso is keeping the command is keeping his soul, Whoso is despising His ways dieth.

ylt@Proverbs:19:17 @Whoso is lending [to] Jehovah is favouring the poor, And his deed He repayeth to him.

ylt@Proverbs:19:18 @Chastise thy son, for there is hope, And to put him to death lift not up thy soul.

ylt@Proverbs:19:19 @A man of great wrath is bearing punishment, For, if thou dost deliver, yet again thou dost add.

ylt@Proverbs:19:20 @Hear counsel and receive instruction, So that thou art wise in thy latter end.

ylt@Proverbs:19:21 @Many [are] the purposes in a man's heart, And the counsel of Jehovah it standeth.

ylt@Proverbs:19:22 @The desirableness of a man [is] his kindness, And better [is] the poor than a liar.

ylt@Proverbs:19:23 @The fear of Jehovah [is] to life, And satisfied he remaineth -- he is not charged with evil.

ylt@Proverbs:19:24 @The slothful hath hidden his hand in a dish, Even unto his mouth he bringeth it not back.

ylt@Proverbs:19:25 @A scorner smite, and the simple acts prudently, And give reproof to the intelligent, He understandeth knowledge.

ylt@Proverbs:19:26 @Whoso is spoiling a father causeth a mother to flee, A son causing shame, and bringing confusion.

ylt@Proverbs:19:27 @Cease, my son, to hear instruction -- To err from sayings of knowledge.

ylt@Proverbs:19:28 @A worthless witness scorneth judgment, And the mouth of the wicked swalloweth iniquity.

ylt@Proverbs:19:29 @Judgments have been prepared for scorners, And stripes for the back of fools!

ylt@Proverbs:20:1 @Wine [is] a scorner -- strong drink [is] noisy, And any going astray in it is not wise.

ylt@Proverbs:20:2 @The fear of a king [is] a growl as of a young lion, He who is causing him to be wroth is wronging his soul.

ylt@Proverbs:20:3 @An honour to a man is cessation from strife, And every fool intermeddleth.

ylt@Proverbs:20:4 @Because of winter the slothful plougheth not, He asketh in harvest, and there is nothing.

ylt@Proverbs:20:5 @Counsel in the heart of a man [is] deep water, And a man of understanding draweth it up.

ylt@Proverbs:20:6 @A multitude of men proclaim each his kindness, And a man of stedfastness who doth find?

ylt@Proverbs:20:7 @The righteous is walking habitually in his integrity, O the happiness of his sons after him!

ylt@Proverbs:20:8 @A king sitting on a throne of judgment, Is scattering with his eyes all evil,

ylt@Proverbs:20:9 @Who saith, 'I have purified my heart, I have been cleansed from my sin?'

ylt@Proverbs:20:10 @A stone and a stone, an ephah and an ephah, Even both of them [are] an abomination to Jehovah.

ylt@Proverbs:20:11 @Even by his actions a youth maketh himself known, Whether his work be pure or upright.

ylt@Proverbs:20:12 @A hearing ear, and a seeing eye, Jehovah hath made even both of them.

ylt@Proverbs:20:13 @Love not sleep, lest thou become poor, Open thine eyes -- be satisfied [with] bread.

ylt@Proverbs:20:14 @'Bad, bad,' saith the buyer, And going his way then he boasteth himself.

ylt@Proverbs:20:15 @Substance, gold, and a multitude of rubies, Yea, a precious vessel, [are] lips of knowledge.

ylt@Proverbs:20:16 @Take his garment when a stranger hath been surety, And for strangers pledge it.

ylt@Proverbs:20:17 @Sweet to a man [is] the bread of falsehood, And afterwards is his mouth filled [with] gravel.

ylt@Proverbs:20:18 @Purposes by counsel thou dost establish, And with plans make thou war.

ylt@Proverbs:20:19 @A revealer of secret counsels is the busybody, And for a deceiver [with] his lips make not thyself surety.

ylt@Proverbs:20:20 @Whoso is vilifying his father and his mother, Extinguished is his lamp in blackness of darkness.

ylt@Proverbs:20:21 @An inheritance gotten wrongly at first, Even its latter end is not blessed.

ylt@Proverbs:20:22 @Do not say, 'I recompense evil,' Wait for Jehovah, and He delivereth thee.

ylt@Proverbs:20:23 @An abomination to Jehovah [are] a stone and a stone, And balances of deceit [are] not good.

ylt@Proverbs:20:24 @From Jehovah [are] the steps of a man, And man -- how understandeth he his way?

ylt@Proverbs:20:25 @A snare to a man [is] he hath swallowed a holy thing, And after vows to make inquiry.

ylt@Proverbs:20:26 @A wise king is scattering the wicked, And turneth back on them the wheel.

ylt@Proverbs:20:27 @The breath of man [is] a lamp of Jehovah, Searching all the inner parts of the heart.

ylt@Proverbs:20:28 @Kindness and truth keep a king, And he hath supported by kindness his throne.

ylt@Proverbs:20:29 @The beauty of young men is their strength, And the honour of old men is grey hairs.

ylt@Proverbs:20:30 @The bandages of a wound thou removest with the evil, Also the plagues of the inner parts of the heart!

ylt@Proverbs:21:1 @Rivulets of waters [is] the heart of a king in the hand of Jehovah, Wherever He pleaseth He inclineth it.