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| [1]BETTER is dry bread, and quietness with it, than a house full of feasting with strife |
[1]Better is a dry morsel, and quietness with it, than a house full of sacrifices with strife. |
| [2]A wise servant shall rule over a son who causes shame, and shall share the inheritance among the brothers |
[2]A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren. |
| [3]The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold; but the LORD tries the heart |
[3]The fining-pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts. |
| [4]A wicked man listens to perverse lips; but a righteous man does not heed the tongues of vicious men |
[4]A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips: and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue. |
| [5]He who mocks the poor provokes his Maker; and he who is glad at calamity shall not be forgiven |
[5]He that mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker; and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished. |
| [6]Children's children are the crowns of old men; and the glory of children is their fathers |
[6]Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children is their fathers. |
| [7]Excellent speech is unbecoming to a fool, and lying lips to a righteous man |
[7]Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince. |
| [8]A precious stone is beautiful in the eyes of him who has it; wherever it turns it is admired |
[8]A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth. |
| [9]He who forgets an offense seeks friendship; but he who hates to forget an offense estranges himself from a friend and neighbor |
[9]He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends. |
| [10]A threat breaks the heart of a wise man; but the fool instead of a rebuke receives a scourging, and yet he is not conscious of it |
[10]A reproof entereth more into a wise man than a hundred stripes into a fool. |
| [11]A quarrelsome man seeks mischief; therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him |
[11]An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him. |
| [12]Meditation and reverence are suitable for a wise man; but a fool meditates in his folly |
[12]Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly. |
| [13]He who rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house |
[13]Whoever rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house. |
| [14]He who sheds blood stirs up judgment before the ruler |
[14]The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore withdraw from contention, before it be meddled with. |
| [15]He who justifies the wicked and condemns the just is an abomination before the LORD |
[15]He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD. |
| [16]What good is wealth in the possession of a fool who has no desire to acquire wisdom |
[16]Why is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it? |
| [17]A friend loves at all times; but a brother is born for adversity |
[17]A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. |
| [18]A foolish man pledges himself, for he becomes surety for his friend |
[18]A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend. |
| [19]He who loves iniquity loves deceit and strife; and he who exalts himself seeks destruction |
[19]He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction. |
| [20]He who slanders in heart will not find good; and he who has an evil tongue falls into mischief |
[20]He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief. |
| [21]He who begets a fool does it to his own shame; his father will have no joy in him |
[21]He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy. |
| [22]A merry heart makes the body healthy; but a broken spirit dries up the bones |
[22]A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones. |
| [23]He who accepts a bribe is wicked; for he perverts the way of justice |
[23]A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment. |
| [24]The face of a man of understanding is set toward wisdom; but the eyes of a fool are in the depths of the earth |
[24]Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth. |
| [25]A foolish son provokes his father, and is bitterness to her who bore him |
[25]A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bore him. |
| [26]To punish the just is not good, nor to scourge the righteous men who speak the truth |
[26]Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity. |
| [27]He who spares his words has knowledge; and he who is patient is a wise man. |
[27]He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit. |
| [28]Even a fool when he holds his peace is considered wise; and he who shuts his lips is counted a man of understanding |
[28]Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding. |