1A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.2The tongue of the wise improves knowledge, yet the lip of fools pours out folly.3In every place the eyes of the LORD watch both the bad and the pleasant.4Healing of the tongue is a tree of life, yet crookedness in it breaks the spirit.5A fool spurns his father's discipline, yet one who keeps an argument becomes shrewd.6The house of the righteous holds much wealth, yet the produce of the wicked is troubled.7The lips of the wise scatter knowledge, yet the heart of fools is not right.8The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD, yet the prayer of the upright finds his acceptance.9The way of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD, yet one who pursues righteousness is loved.10Discipline is grievous to one who forsakes the way, and one who hates reproof will die.11Sheol and Abaddon lie before the LORD, and also the hearts of the sons of man.12A mocker does not love rebuke, nor will he go to the wise.13A glad heart makes the face cheerful, but by sorrow of heart the spirit is crushed.14The heart of the discerning seeks knowledge, but the mouth of fools feeds on folly.15All the days of the afflicted are evil, but a cheerful heart has a continual feast.16Better is a little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble with it.17Better is a dinner of herbs where love is than a fattened ox and hatred with it.18A man of rage stirs strife, yet one slow of anger quiets strife.19The way of the sluggish is like a hedge of briar, yet the way of the upright is built.20A wise son makes his father rejoice, yet a fool of a man despises his mother.21Folly is joy to one lacking heart, yet a man of understanding makes his walk smooth.22Plots are broken in the absence of counsel, yet in an abundance of advisers it arises.23Joy to a man lies in the answer of his lip, and a word in its time—what is pleasant.24The way of life lies above for the prudent, because it turns aside from Sheol beneath.25The house of the proud the LORD pulls down, and he sets the boundary of the widow.26Plots of the wicked and pleasant words are an abomination to the LORD.27One who troubles his house cuts off unjust gain, yet one who hates gifts lives.28The heart of the righteous mutters an answer, yet the lip of the wicked bubbles bad.29The LORD is distant from the wicked, yet he hears the prayer of the righteous.30Light of the eyes makes the heart rejoice, and pleasant tidings make the bone prosper.31An ear that hears an argument of life lodges among the wise.32One who neglects discipline rejects his soul, yet one who hears an argument buys a heart.33The fear of the LORD is discipline of wisdom, and before glory stands humility.