1. A gentle answer makes anger disappear, but a rough answer makes it grow.
2. Listening to wise people increases your knowledge, but only nonsense comes from the mouths of fools.
3. The Lord sees what happens everywhere. He watches everyone, good and evil.
4. Kind words are like a life-giving tree, but lying words will crush your spirit.
5. Fools refuse to listen to their father’s advice, but those who accept discipline are smart.
6. Good people are rich in many ways, but those who are evil get nothing but trouble.
7. Wise people say things that give you new knowledge, but fools say nothing worth hearing.
8. The Lord hates the offerings of the wicked, but he is happy to hear the prayers of those who live right.
9. The Lord hates the way evil people live, but he loves those who try to do good.
10. Whoever stops living right will be punished. Whoever hates to be corrected will be destroyed.
11. The Lord knows everything, even what happens in the place of death. So surely he knows what people are thinking.