10 The proverbs of Solomon:
A wise son makes his father glad,
    but a foolish one fills his mother with sorrow.

² Riches gained through dishonest means will eventually vanish,
    but doing what is right avoids a deadly consequence.
³ The Eternal does not allow the right-living to go hungry,
    but He will frustrate the plans of the wicked.
⁴ A slack hand produces nothing but poverty,
    but an industrious hand soon takes hold of riches.
⁵ A wise son stores up for the winter months while it is still summer,
    but a shameful son lies around even during the harvest.
⁶ Blessings come to those who do what is right,
    but words spoken by the wicked cover up violent schemes.
⁷ The memory of one who lived with integrity brings joy,
    but the legacy of a wrongdoer will rot away.
⁸ The wise at heart will gladly obey direction,
    but one who fills the air with meaningless talk will fall into ruin.
⁹ The path of integrity is always safe,
    but a person who follows a crooked way will be exposed.
¹⁰ Whoever winks his eye signals trouble,
    and whoever fills the air with meaningless talk will fall into ruin.
¹¹ The mouth of the righteous is a spring of life,
    but words spoken by the wicked cover up violent schemes.
¹² Hatred fuels dissension,
    but love calms all rebellions.
¹³ Wisdom lives where insightful words are spoken,
    but harsh punishment awaits the senseless.
¹⁴ The wise store up knowledge as a safeguard,
    but the meaningless chatter of fools means that chaos is near.
¹⁵ The wealth of the rich is their powerful fortress;
    the poverty of the poor reduces them to rubble.
¹⁶ The reward of those who do right is a satisfied life,
    but the profits gained by those who do wrong is used to sin.
¹⁷ Those who accept instruction are travelers on the road to a meaningful life,
    but those who refuse correction wander off and pave a path to ruin.
¹⁸ Lips that lie cover deep-seated hatred,
    and whoever spreads a libelous rumor is acting as a fool.
¹⁹ The more you talk, the more likely you will cross the line and say the wrong thing;
    but if you are wise, you’ll speak less and with restraint.
²⁰ The speech of those who do right is of greater value than the finest silver,
    but the thoughts of wrongdoers are worthless.
²¹ The right-living teach many,
    but fools die with no clue how to live well.

²² The blessing of the Eternal is what makes someone rich,
    and He doesn’t add pain to it.
²³ Mischief is the sport of fools,
    but wise actions bring joy to a person with insight.
²⁴ Whatever wrongdoers fear the most will happen to them,
    but those who do right will receive what they long for.
²⁵ After the storm passes, the wrongdoers are blown away,
    but those who do right are safe and sound on their firm foundations forever.
²⁶ As vinegar vexes the teeth, and as smoke irritates the eyes,
    so a slacker annoys his boss.
²⁷ Reverence for the Eternal makes for a long and peaceful life,
    but a wrongdoer will have years taken away.
²⁸ The hope of those who do right is joy and celebration,
    but the only prospect for those who do wrong is futility.
²⁹ The way of the Eternal offers safety to those who love justice,
    but it destroys those who perpetrate evil.
³⁰ The right-living will never have their land taken away,
    but wrongdoers will be uprooted.
³¹ Wisdom flows from the mouths of those who do right,
    but tongues that twist the truth will be cut out.
³² The lips of the right-living understand what is proper,
    but the mouths of wrongdoers twist and pervert the truth.