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Proverbs 12
Easy-to-Read Version, 2006
- 1Whoever loves discipline loves to learn; whoever hates to be corrected is stupid.
- 2It is good to learn what pleases the LORD, because he condemns those who plan to do wrong.
- 3Evil people are never safe, but good people remain safe and secure.
- 4A good wife is like a crown to her husband, but a shameful wife is like a cancer.
- 5Good people are honest and fair in all they do, but those who are evil lie and cannot be trusted.
- 6Evil people use their words to hurt others, but the words from good people can save others from danger.
- 7When evil people are destroyed, they are gone and forgotten, but good people are remembered long after they are gone.
- 8You praise people for their intelligence, but no one respects those who are stupid.
- 9It is better to appear unimportant and have a servant than to pretend to be important and have no food.
- 10Good people take good care of their animals, but the wicked know only how to be cruel.[1]
- 11Farmers who work their land have plenty of food, but those who waste their time on worthless projects are foolish.
- 12The wicked want a share of what an evil man might catch. But like a plant with deep roots, a good man is the one who produces the most.[2]
- 13The wicked are trapped by their foolish words, but good people escape from such trouble.
- 14People get good things for the words they say, and they are rewarded for the work they do.