Proverbs 15 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021(NRSVUE)

Proverbs 15

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than great treasure and trouble with it.

17 Prov 17.1 Better is a dinner of vegetables where love is

than a fatted ox and hatred with it.

18 Prov 14.29; 26.21; 29.22 Those who are hot-tempered stir up strife,

but those who are slow to anger calm contention.

19 Prov 22.5 The way of the lazy is overgrown with thorns,

but the path of the upright is a level highway.

20 Prov 10.1; 30.17 A wise child makes a glad father,

but the foolish despise their mothers.

21 Prov 10.23; Eph 5.15 Folly is a joy to one who has no sense,

but a person of understanding walks straight ahead.

22 Prov 11.14 Without counsel, plans go wrong,

but with many advisers they succeed.

23 Prov 25.11 To make an apt answer is a joy to anyone,

and a word in season, how good it is!

24 Prov 4.18 For the wise the path of life leads upward,

in order to avoid Sheol below.

25 Ps 68.5, 6; Prov 12.7 The Lord tears down the house of the proud

but maintains the widow’s boundaries.

26 Prov 6.16–19 Evil plans are an abomination to the Lord,

but gracious words are pure.

27 Prov 28.25; Isa 33.15; 1 Tim 6.10 Those greedy for unjust gain make trouble for their households,

but those who hate bribes will live.

28 1 Pet 3.15 The mind of the righteous ponders how to answer,

but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil.

29 Ps 34.16; 145.18 The Lord is far from the wicked,

but he hears the prayer of the righteous.

30The light of the eyes rejoices the heart,

and good news refreshes the body.

31The ear that heeds wholesome admonition

will lodge among the wise.

32 Prov 1.7 Those who ignore instruction despise themselves,

but those who heed admonition gain understanding.

33 Prov 1.7; 18.12 The fear of the Lord is instruction in wisdom,

and humility goes before honor.