| 1 | ¶ Better is a poor {man} that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool. | |
| 2 | ¶ Also that a person be without knowledge is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet maketh false steps. | |
| 3 | ¶ The folly of man distorteth his way, and his heart is irritated against Jehovah. | |
| 4 | ¶ Wealth addeth many friends; but the poor is separated from his friend. | |
| 5 | ¶ A false witness shall not be held innocent, and he that uttereth lies shall not escape. | |
| 6 | ¶ Many court the favour of a noble; and every one is friend to a man that giveth. | |
| 7 | All the brethren of a poor {man} hate him; how much more do his friends go far from him: he pursueth {them} with words, -they are not {to be found}. | |
| 8 | ¶ He that getteth sense loveth his own soul; he that keepeth understanding shall find good. | |
| 9 | ¶ A false witness shall not be held innocent, and he that uttereth lies shall perish. | |
| 10 | ¶ Good living beseemeth not a fool; how much less for a servant to have rule over princes. | |
| 11 | ¶ The discretion of a man maketh him slow to anger, and it is his glory to pass over a transgression. | |
| 12 | ¶ The king?s displeasure is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour 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 wealth are an inheritance from fathers; but a prudent wife is from Jehovah. | |
| 15 | ¶ Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep, and the idle soul shall suffer hunger. | |
| 16 | ¶ He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his soul; he that is careless of his ways shall die. | |
| 17 | ¶ He that is gracious to the poor lendeth unto Jehovah; and what he hath bestowed will he repay unto him. | |
| 18 | ¶ Chasten thy son, seeing there is hope; but set not thy soul upon killing him. | |
| 19 | ¶ A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment; for if thou deliver {him}, yet thou must do it again. | |
| 20 | ¶ Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end. | |
| 21 | ¶ Many are the thoughts in a man?s heart, but the counsel of Jehovah, that doth stand. | |
| 22 | ¶ The charm of a man is his kindness; and a poor {man} is better than a liar. | |
| 23 | ¶ The fear of Jehovah {tendeth} to life, and he {that hath it} shall rest satisfied without being visited with evil. | |
| 24 | ¶ A sluggard burieth his hand in the dish, and will not even bring it to his mouth again. | |
| 25 | ¶ Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware; reprove the intelligent, and he will understand knowledge. | |
| 26 | ¶ He that ruineth {his} father and chaseth away {his} mother is a son that causeth shame and bringeth reproach. | |
| 27 | ¶ Cease, my son, to hear the instruction which causeth to stray from the words of knowledge. | |
| 28 | ¶ A witness of Belial scorneth judgment, and the mouth of the wicked swalloweth down iniquity. | |
| 29 | ¶ Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of the foolish. | |