1These are more proverbs/wise sayings from Solomon:
2Money that you get by doing dishonest/wicked things will really not benefit you;
3Yahweh does not allow righteous people to starve,
4Lazy people soon become poor;
5Those who are wise, harvest the crops when they are ripe;
6Righteous people will be blessed by God;
7After righteous people die, other people are blessed as they remember what those people did before they died;
8Wise people heed good instruction/advice,
9Honest people will be safe,
10Those who signal with their eyes that they are about to do something that is wrong cause trouble,
11What righteous people say [MTY] is like a fountain that ◄gives life/enables people to live many years► [MET],
12When we hate others, it causes quarrels,
13Those who have good sense say [MTY] what is wise,
14Wise people continue to learn all that they can,
15The wealth that rich people have protects them like a city is protected by a strong wall around it [MET],
16If you are righteous, your reward will be a good life,
17Those who pay attention when others try to ◄correct them/teach them what they are doing that is wrong► will live ◄happily/for many years►;
18Those who will not admit that they hate others are liars,
19When people talk a lot, that will lead them to sin a lot by what they say;
20What righteous/good people say [MTY] is as valuable as pure silver [MET];
21What righteous people say [MTY] benefits many people,
22Yahweh blesses some people by enabling them to become rich,
23Foolish people ◄have fun/enjoy► doing what is wrong,
24Righteous people will get the good things that they want/desire,
25When storms come, the wicked will ◄be blown away/never be safe►,
26We do not like a lazy person who refuses to do the job that he is given to do,
27If you revere Yahweh, you will live for a long time;
28Righteous people confidently expect that good things will happen to them, and that causes them to be happy/joyful;
29Yahweh protects [MET] those who live righteously,
30Righteous people will always be secure [LIT],
31Righteous people [MTY] say things that are wise,
32Righteous people [MTY] know what to say that is acceptable,