Better is a man reproving than a stiff-necked man, for when he is suddenly inflamed there is no healing for him
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The Scriptures in Greek with direct English translation.
Rahlfs Septuagint
Proverbs 36
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When the righteous are praised, peoples will rejoice; but when the ungodly rule, men groan.
A father of a man loving wisdom rejoices, but he who feeds prostitutes will destroy wealth.
A righteous king raises up a land, but a lawless man tears down it.
He who prepares a net against the face of his own friend wraps it with his own feet
For a sinning man there is a great trap, but the righteous one will be in joy and in gladness.
ἐπίσταται δίκαιος κρίνειν πενιχροῖς ὁ δὲ ἀσεβὴς οὐ συνήσει γνῶσιν καὶ πτωχῷ οὐχ ὑπάρχει νοῦς ἐπιγνώμων
The righteous knows how to judge for the poor, but the ungodly will not understand knowledge, and there is no discerning understanding for the poor.
Pernicious men have set a city on fire, but wise men have turned back wrath.
A wise man judges nations, but a worthless man, when angry, is laughed at and does not terrify.
Men of blood will hate the pious man, but the upright will seek out his life.
A fool brings out all his anger, but a wise man stores it up by turns.
When a king listens to an unjust word, all who are under him are lawless.
When lender and debtor come together, the Lord makes oversight of both.
When a king judges the poor in truth, his throne will be established for testimony.
Wounds and reproofs give wisdom, but a child going astray brings shame to his parents.
When the ungodly are many, sins become many; but the righteous, when those fall, become very fearful.
Discipline your son, and he will give you rest and give adornment to your soul.
There shall not be an interpreter for a lawless nation, but the one who keeps the law is blessed
A hard servant will not be disciplined by words, for even if he understand, yet he will not obey.
If you see a man quick in words, know that a fool has more hope of him.
He who lives extravagantly from a child shall be a servant, and at last he shall be grieved over himself.
A wrathful man digs up quarrel, but an angry man has dug up sins.
Pride humbles a man, but the Lord supports the lowly-minded with glory
He who shares with a thief hates his own soul, but if, an oath having been set forth, they hear and do not report it
φοβηθέντες καὶ αἰσχυνθέντες ἀνθρώπους ὑπεσκελίσθησαν ὁ δὲ πεποιθὼς ἐπὶ κύριον εὐφρανθήσεται ἀσέβεια ἀνδρὶ δίδωσιν σφάλμα ὃς δὲ πέποιθεν ἐπὶ τῷ δεσπότῃ σωθήσεται
Those who feared and were shamed by men were tripped up, but the one who trusts in the Lord will be glad; ungodliness gives a man a stumbling, but whoever has trusted in the Master will be saved.
Many serve the faces of rulers, but from the Lord comes the just thing for a man.
An unjust man is an abomination to the righteous, but the way that is straight is an abomination to the lawless.