1 Better is a dry morsel, and quietness, than a house full of sacrifices with strife.
2 A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causes shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brothers.
3 The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but Jehovah examines the hearts.
4 A wicked doer gives heed to false lips; and a liar gives ear to a naughty tongue.
5 Whoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker: and he who is glad at calamities shall not be uncorrected.
6 Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
7 Excellent speech becomes not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.
8 A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him who has it: wherever it turns, it prospers.
9 He who covers a transgression seeks love; but he who repeats a matter separates very friends.
10 A reproof enters more into a wise man than a hundred stripes into a fool.
11 An evil man seeks only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
12 Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
13 Whoever rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
14 The beginning of strife is as when one lets out water: therefore leave off contention, before it is meddled with.
15 He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the just, even they both are disgusting things to Jehovah.
16 Why is there a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, seeing he has no mind to it?
17 A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
18 A man void of understanding strikes hands, and becomes guarantor in the presence of his friend.
19 He loves transgression that loves strife: and he who exalts his gate seeks destruction.
20 He who has a twisted mind finds no good: and he who has a willful tongue falls into mischief.
21 He who begets a fool does it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool has no joy.
22 A merry mind does good like a medicine: but a broken spirit dries the bones.
23 A wicked man takes a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
24 Wisdom is before him who has understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the Earth.
25 A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her who gave birth to him.
26 Also to correct the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity.
27 He who has knowledge spares his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.
28 Even a fool, when he holds his peace, is counted wise: and he who shuts his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.