10 The proverbs of Shlomo:

A wise son is a joy to his father,
    but a foolish son is a grief to his mother.

² No good comes from ill-gotten wealth,
    but righteousness rescues from death.
³ Adonai does not let the righteous go hungry,
    but he thwarts the craving of the wicked.

⁴ Idle hands bring poverty;
    diligent hands bring wealth.
⁵ A sensible person gathers in summer,
    but he who sleeps during harvest is an embarrassment.

⁶ Blessings are for the head of the righteous,
    but the speech of the wicked is a cover for violence.
⁷ The memory of the righteous will be for a blessing,
    but the reputation of the wicked will rot.
⁸ Wise-hearted people take orders,
    but a babbling fool will have trouble.

⁹ He who walks purely walks securely,
    but he who walks in crooked ways will be found out.

¹⁰ He who winks his eye [instead of rebuking] causes pain,
    yet a babbling fool will have trouble.

¹¹ The speech of the righteous is a fountain of life,
    but the speech of the wicked is a cover for violence.

¹² Hate stirs up disputes,
    but love covers all kinds of transgressions.

¹³ On the lips of the intelligent is found wisdom,
    but a stick is in store for the back of a fool.
¹⁴ Wise people hide their knowledge,
    but when a fool speaks, ruin is imminent.

¹⁵ The wealth of the rich is his fortified city;
    the ruin of the poor is their poverty.

¹⁶ The activity of the righteous is for life;
    the income of the wicked is for sin.

¹⁷ He who observes discipline is on the way to life;
    but he who ignores correction is making a mistake.

¹⁸ He who covers up hate has lips that lie,
    and anyone who slanders is a fool.
¹⁹ When words are many, sin is not lacking;
    so he who controls his speech is wise.
²⁰ The tongue of the righteous is like pure silver,
    but the mind of the wicked is worth little.
²¹ The lips of the righteous feed many,
    but fools die for lack of sense.

²² The blessing of Adonai is what makes people rich,
    and he doesn’t mix sorrow with it.

²³ To a fool, vileness is like a game,
    as is wisdom to a person of discernment.

²⁴ What a fool dreads will overtake him,
    but the righteous will be given his desire.
²⁵ When the storm has passed, the wicked are gone;
    but the righteous are firmly established forever.
²⁶ Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes
    is a lazy person to his employer.

²⁷ The fear of Adonai adds length to life,
    but the years of the wicked are cut short.
²⁸ What the righteous hope for will end in joy;
    what the wicked expect will come to nothing.
²⁹ The way of Adonai is a stronghold to the upright
    but ruin to those who do evil.
³⁰ The righteous will never be moved,
    but the wicked will not remain in the land.

³¹ The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom,
    but the perverse tongue will be cut off.
³² The lips of the righteous know what is wanted,
    but the mouth of the wicked [knows] deceit.

“For Dammesek’s three crimes,
no, four — I will not reverse it —
because they threshed Gil‘ad
with an iron-spiked threshing-sledge;
⁴ I will send fire to the house of Haza’el,
and it will consume the palaces of Ben-Hadad.
⁵ I will break the bars of Dammesek’s gates.
I will cut off the inhabitants from Bik‘at-Aven,
and him who holds the scepter from Beit-‘Eden.
Then the people of Aram will go into exile
in Kir,” says Adonai.

⁶ Here is what Adonai says:

“For ‘Azah’s three crimes,
no, four — I will not reverse it —
because they exiled a whole population
and handed them over to Edom;
⁷ I will send fire to the wall of ‘Azah,
and it will consume its palaces.
⁸ I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod,
and him who holds the scepter from Ashkelon.
I will turn my hand against ‘Ekron,
and the rest of the P’lishtim will perish,”
says Adonai, God.

⁹ Here is what Adonai says:

“For Tzor’s three crimes,
no, four — I will not reverse it —
because they exiled a whole population to Edom
and did not remember the covenant with kinsmen;
¹⁰ I will send fire to the wall of Tzor,
and it will consume its palaces.”

¹¹ Here is what Adonai says:

“For Edom’s three crimes,
no, four — I will not reverse it —
because with sword he pursued his kinsman
and threw aside all pity,
constantly nursing his anger,
forever fomenting his fury;
¹² I will send fire on Teman,
and it will consume the palaces of Botzrah.”

¹³ Here is what Adonai says:

“For the people of ‘Amon’s three crimes,
no, four — I will not reverse it —
because they ripped apart pregnant women
just to expand their territory,
¹⁴ I will set fire to the wall of Rabbah,
and it will consume its palaces
amid shouts on the day of battle,
amid a storm on the day of the whirlwind.
¹⁵ Their king will go into exile,
he and his princes together,” says Adonai.

2 Here is what Adonai says:

“For Mo’av’s three crimes,
no, four — I will not reverse it —
because he burned the bones of the king of Edom,
turning them into lime;
² I will send fire on Mo’av,
and it will consume the palaces of K’riot.
Mo’av will die with turmoil and shouting,
along with the sound of the shofar.
³ I will cut off the judge from among them
and kill all his princes with him,” says Adonai.

⁴ Here is what Adonai says:

“For Y’hudah’s three crimes,
no, four — I will not reverse it —
because they rejected Adonai’s Torah
and haven’t observed his laws,
and their lies caused them to fall into error
and live the way their ancestors did;
⁵ I will send fire on Y’hudah,
and it will consume the palaces of Yerushalayim.