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| [1]False balances are an abomination before the Lord: but a just weight is acceptable unto him. |
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| [2]Wherever pride enters, there will be also disgrace: but the mouth of the lowly meditates wisdom. |
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| [3]When a just man dies he leaves regret: but the destruction of the ungodly is speedy, and causes joy. |
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| [5]Righteousness traces out blameless paths: but ungodliness encounters unjust dealing. |
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| [6]The righteousness of upright men delivers them: but transgressors are caught in their own destruction. |
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| [7]At the death of a just man his hope does not perish: but the boast of the ungodly perishes. |
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| [8]A righteous man escapes from a snare, and the ungodly man is delivered up in his place. |
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| [9]In the mouth of ungodly men is a snare to citizens: but the understanding of righteous men is prosperous. |
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| [10]In the prosperity of righteous men a city prospers: |
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| [11]but by the mouth of ungodly men it is overthrown. |
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| [12]A man void of understanding sneers at his fellow citizens: but a sensible man is quiet. |
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| [13]A double-tongued man discloses the secret counsels of an assembly: but he that is faithful in spirit conceals matters. |
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| [14]They that have no guidance fall like leaves: but in much counsel there is safety. |
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| [15]A bad man does harm wherever he meets a just man: and he hates the sound of safety. |
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| [16]A gracious wife brings glory to her husband: but a woman hating righteousness is a theme of dishonour. The slothful come to want: but the diligent support themselves with wealth. |
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| [17]A merciful man does good to his own soul: but the merciless destroys his own body. |
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| [18]An ungodly man performs unrighteous works: but the seed of the righteous is a reward of truth. |
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| [19]A righteous son is born for life: but the persecution of the ungodly ends in death. |
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| [20]Perverse ways are an abomination to the Lord: but all they that are blameless in their ways are acceptable to him. |
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| [21]He that unjustly strikes hands shall not be unpunished: but he that sows righteousness he shall receive a faithful reward. |
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| [22]As an ornament in a swine's snout, so is beauty to an ill-minded women. |
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| [23]All the desire of the righteous is good: but the hope of the ungodly shall perish. |
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| [24]There are some who scatter their own, and make it more: and there are some also who gather, yet have less. |
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| [25]Every sincere soul is blessed: but a passionate man is not graceful. |
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| [26]May he that hoards corn leave it to the nation: but blessing be on the head of him that gives it. |
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| [27]He that devises good counsels seeks good favour: but as for him that seeks after evil, evil shall overtake him. |
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| [28]He that trusts in wealth shall fall; but he that helps righteous men shall rise. |
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| [29]He that deals not graciously with his own house shall inherit the wind; and the fool shall be servant to the wise man. |
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| [30]Out of the fruit of righteousness grows a tree of life; but the souls of transgressors are cut off before their time. |
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| [31]If the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear? |
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