A person with good sense is respected; a treacherous person is headed for destruction.

美好的聪明使人蒙恩；奸诈人的道路崎岖难行。

美好的见识使人得宠；奸诈人的道路恒久奸诈。

美好的见识使人得宠；奸诈人的道路恒久奸诈。

睿智使人蒙恩惠，奸徒之路通灭亡。

聪颖的明慧使人蒙恩，奸诈人的道路崎岖难行。

美好的见识，带来恩惠；背信者的路，总是艰难。

美好的聰明使人蒙恩；奸詐人的道路崎嶇難行。

美好的見識使人得寵；奸詐人的道路恆久奸詐。

美好的見識使人得寵；奸詐人的道路恆久奸詐。

睿智使人蒙恩惠，奸徒之路通滅亡。

聰穎的明慧使人蒙恩，奸詐人的道路崎嶇難行。

恰好的練達博得人的恩悅；奸詐人的路引至毁滅。

美好的見識，帶來恩惠；背信者的路，總是艱難。

睿智授人恩澤、奸人之路崎嶇、

明哲之人、必蒙恩寵、犯罪之徒、必遭困苦。

明哲為美、使人蒙恩、悖逆者所行之道艱難、

Good judgment wins favor, but the way of the unfaithful leads to their destruction.

Good judgment wins favor. But the way of liars leads to their ruin.

Good sense wins favor, but the way of the treacherous is their ruin.

Good sense wins favor, but the way of the treacherous never changes.

Good understanding produces favor, But the way of the treacherous is their own disaster.

Good understanding gains favor, But the way of the unfaithful is hard.

Good understanding giveth favor; But the way of the transgressor is hard.

Good sense wins favor, but the way of the treacherous never changes.

Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors[ is] hard.

Keen insight wins favor, but the conduct of the unfaithful is harsh.

Good understanding wins favor, but the way of the unfaithful is hard.

Then you will find favor with both God and people, and you will earn a good reputation.

Your wickedness will bring its own punishment. Your turning from me will shame you. You will see what an evil, bitter thing it is to abandon the Lord your God and not to fear him. I, the Lord, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, have spoken!

and rescued him from all his troubles. And God gave him favor before Pharaoh, king of Egypt. God also gave Joseph unusual wisdom, so that Pharaoh appointed him governor over all of Egypt and put him in charge of the palace.

And what was the result? You are now ashamed of the things you used to do, things that end in eternal doom.

But the way of the wicked is like total darkness. They have no idea what they are stumbling over.

For there your ancestors tested and tried my patience, even though they saw everything I did.For forty years I was angry with them, and I said,‘ They are a people whose hearts turn away from me. They refuse to do what I tell them.’So in my anger I took an oath:‘ They will never enter my place of rest.’”

Fear of the Lord is the foundation of true wisdom. All who obey his commandments will grow in wisdom. Praise him forever!

Whoever abandons the right path will be severely disciplined; whoever hates correction will die.

Jesus grew in wisdom and in stature and in favor with God and all the people.

David continued to succeed in everything he did, for the Lord was with him.When Saul recognized this, he became even more afraid of him.But all Israel and Judah loved David because he was so successful at leading his troops into battle.

A king rejoices in wise servants but is angry with those who disgrace him.