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| [1]A WISE woman builds her house; but the foolish tears it down with her own hands |
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| [2]He who walks in uprightness has reverence for the LORD; but he who is perverse in his ways despises him |
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| [3]In the mouth of the foolish is provocation and disgrace; but the lips of wise men shall preserve them |
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| [4]Where there are no oxen, the cribs are clean; but abundant crops come by the strength of the ox |
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| [5]A faithful witness will not deceive; but a false witness will utter lies |
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| [6]An evil man seeks wisdom, and finds it not; but knowledge is easy to a man of understanding |
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| [7]Everything is a hindrance to a foolish man; but the lips of a wise man are like a weapon |
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| [8]The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way; but the way of fools is deceit |
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| [9]Truly the households of the wicked need purifying; but the households of the righteous are acceptable |
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| [10]Fools commit sins; but the children of the upright have good will |
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| [11]A heart which has understanding knows its own bitterness; and a stranger does not share in its joy. The house of the wicked shall be destroyed; but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish |
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| [12]There is a way which seems right to a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death |
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| [13]Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of joy is grief |
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| [14]The insolent in heart shall be filled with the fruit of his ways; and a good man shall be satisfied with the respect he receives |
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| [15]The simple man believes every word; but the prudent discerns between good and evil |
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| [16]A wise man is cautious, and departs from evil; but the fool tampers with it confidently |
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| [17]A man hasty in whatever he does never seeks counsel; but a wise man is moderate |
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| [18]Fools inherit folly; but the prudent dispense knowledge |
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| [19]Evil men shall prostrate themselves before good men; and the wicked shall come to beg at the gates of the righteous |
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| [20]The poor is hated even of his own neighbors; but the rich has many friends |
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| [21]He who despises his neighbor sins; but he who has mercy on the poor, happy is he |
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| [22]The wicked err when they devise evil; but compassionate and righteous men do all kinds of good. The workers of iniquity do not understand truth and mercy; kindness and truth are with the workers of good things |
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| [23]In all your labor there is profit; but he who is young is carefree and at ease. The LORD heals every wound; but the talk of the lips of the wicked tends only to poverty |
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| [24]The crown of the wise is their riches; but the perverseness of fools is their folly |
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| [25]A true witness delivers lives; but a deceitful witness speaks falsehood |
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| [26]in reverence for the LORD is strong confidence, and his children shall have a place of refuge. |
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| [27]Reverence for the LORD is a fountain of life to those who turn away from the snares of death |
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| [28]In the abundance of population is the king's honor; but in the destruction of the people is the ruin of the king |
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| [29]He who is slow to anger is of great understanding; but he who is hasty of temper is exceedingly foolish |
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| [30]He who cools down his anger is a healer of his own heart; but wrath is the rottenness of the bones |
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| [31]He who oppresses the poor provokes his Maker; but he who honors the LORD has mercy on the needy |
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| [32]The wicked is overthrown through his wickedness; but he who is confident that he is without sin is a righteous man |
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| [33]Wisdom shall rest in the heart of the righteous; but in the heart of fools it shall not be made known |
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| [34]Righteousness exalts a nation; but sin is a reproach to any people |
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| [35]The king's favor is toward a wise servant; but the wicked shall be overthrown by his own devices. He who is confident that he is without sin is righteous. Anger destroys even wise men |
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