ECB(i)
1 The Proverbs of Shelomoh. A wise son cheers a father; and a foolish son is the grief of his mother.
2 Treasures of wickedness benefit naught; and justness rescues from death.
3 Yah Veh allows not the soul of the just to famish; and he expels the calamity of the wicked.
4 He who works a deceitful palm impoverishes; and the hand of the decisive enriches.
5 He who harvests in summer is a comprehending son; he who sleeps soundly in harvest is a son who shames.
6 Blessings are on the head of the just; and violence covers the mouth of the wicked.
7 The memorial of the just is for blessings; and the name of the wicked rots.
8 The wise in heart take misvoth; and a fool of lips falls.
9 He who walks integriously walks confidently; and he who perverts his ways is known.
10 He who blinks with the eye gives contortion; and a fool of lips falls.
11 The mouth of the just is a fountain of life; and violence covers the mouth of the wicked.
12 Hatred wakens contentions; and love covers all rebellions.
13 In the lips of him who discerns wisdom is found; and a scion is for the back of him who lacks heart.
14 The wise treasure knowledge; and the mouth of the fool is near ruin.
15 The wealth of the rich is his city of strength; the ruin of the poor is their poverty.
16 The deed of the just is to life; the produce of the wicked to sin.
17 He is in the way of life who guards discipline; and he who forsakes reproof strays.
18 He who hides hatred with false lips and he who utters a slander, is a fool.
19 In the abundance of words, rebellion ceases not; and he who spares his lips, comprehends.
20 The tongue of the just is as choice silver; the heart of the wicked is of little worth.
21 The lips of the just befriend many; and fools die for lack of heart.
22 The blessing of Yah Veh enriches and he adds no contorting with it.
23 It is as ridicule to a fool to work intrigue; and to a man of discernment, wisdom.
24 The terror of the wicked comes on him; and the desire of the just is given.
25 As the passing of the hurricane, the wicked are not; and the just are an eternal foundation.
26 As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, thus is the sloth to them who send him.
27 To awe Yah Veh adds days; and the years of the wicked curtail.
28 The hope of the just is cheerfulness; and the hope of the wicked destructs.
29 The way of Yah Veh is a stronghold to the integrious; and ruin to the doers of mischief.
30 The just totter not eternally; and the wicked tabernacle not on the earth.
31 The mouth of the just germinates wisdom; and the tongue of perversions is cut out.
32 The lips of the just know what pleases; and the mouth of the wicked perverts.