¹ Better is a poor man who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his lips and is a fool.

² Also, that the soul be without knowledge is not good. And he who hastens with his feet sins.

³ The foolishness of a man subverts his way, and his heart rages against Jehovah.

⁴ Wealth adds many friends, but a poor man is separated from his friend.

⁵ A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he who utters lies shall not escape.

⁶ Many will entreat the favor of a generous man, and every man is a friend to him who gives gifts.

⁷ All the brothers of a poor man regard him inferior, how much more do his friends go far from him! He pursues with words, but they are gone.

⁸ He who gets wisdom loves his own soul. He who keeps understanding shall find good.

⁹ A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he who utters lies shall perish.

¹⁰ Luxurious living is not fitting for a fool, much less for a servant to have rule over rulers.

¹¹ The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger, and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.

¹² The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion, but his favor is as dew upon the grass.

¹³ A foolish son is the calamity of his father, and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

¹⁴ House and riches are an inheritance from fathers, but a prudent wife is from Jehovah.

¹⁵ Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep, and the idle soul shall suffer hunger.

¹⁶ He who keeps the commandment keeps his soul. He who is careless of his ways shall die.

¹⁷ He who has pity upon a poor man lends to Jehovah, and he will repay him his good deed.

¹⁸ Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.

¹⁹ A man of great wrath shall bear the penalty, for if thou deliver him, thou must do it yet again.

²⁰ Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou may be wise in thy latter end.

²¹ There are many devices in a man's heart, but the counsel of Jehovah, that shall stand.

²² That which makes a man to be desired is his kindness, and a poor man is better than a liar.

²³ The fear of Jehovah is life to a man, and he shall abide satisfied. He shall not be visited with evil.

²⁴ The sluggard buries his hand in the dish, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

²⁵ Smite a scoffer, and a simple man will learn prudence. And reprove him who has understanding, and he will understand knowledge.

²⁶ He who does violence to his father, and chases away his mother, is a son that causes shame and brings reproach.

²⁷ To err from the words of knowledge, cease, my son, to hear instruction.

²⁸ A worthless witness mocks at justice, and the mouth of the wicked swallows iniquity.

²⁹ Judgments are prepared for scoffers, and stripes for the back of fools.