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| [1]Better [is] a dry morsel, and rest with it, Than a house full of the sacrifices of strife. |
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| [2]A wise servant ruleth over a son causing shame, And in the midst of brethren He apportioneth an inheritance. |
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| [3]A refining pot [is] for silver, and a furnace for gold, And the trier of hearts [is] Jehovah. |
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| [4]An evil doer is attentive to lips of vanity, Falsehood is giving ear to a mischievous tongue. |
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| [5]Whoso is mocking at the poor Hath reproached his Maker, Whoso is rejoicing at calamity is not acquitted. |
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| [6]Sons' sons [are] the crown of old men, And the glory of sons [are] their fathers. |
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| [7]Not comely for a fool is a lip of excellency, Much less for a noble a lip of falsehood. |
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| [8]A stone of grace [is] the bribe in the eyes of its possessors, Whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth. |
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| [9]Whoso is covering transgression is seeking love, And whoso is repeating a matter Is separating a familiar friend. |
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| [10]Rebuke cometh down on the intelligent More than a hundred stripes on a fool. |
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| [11]An evil man seeketh only rebellion, And a fierce messenger is sent against him. |
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| [12]The meeting of a bereaved bear by a man, And -- not a fool in his folly. |
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| [13]Whoso is returning evil for good, Evil moveth not from his house. |
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| [14]The beginning of contention [is] a letting out of waters, And before it is meddled with leave the strife. |
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| [15]Whoso is justifying the wicked, And condemning the righteous, Even both of these [are] an abomination to Jehovah. |
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| [16]Why [is] this -- a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, And a heart there is none? |
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| [17]At all times is the friend loving, And a brother for adversity is born. |
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| [18]A man lacking heart is striking hands, A surety he becometh before his friend. |
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| [19]Whoso is loving transgression is loving debate, Whoso is making high his entrance is seeking destruction. |
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| [20]The perverse of heart findeth not good, And the turned in his tongue falleth into evil. |
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| [21]Whoso is begetting a fool hath affliction for it, Yea, the father of a fool rejoiceth not. |
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| [22]A rejoicing heart doth good to the body, And a smitten spirit drieth the bone. |
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| [23]A bribe from the bosom the wicked taketh, To turn aside the paths of judgment. |
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| [24]The face of the intelligent [is] to wisdom, And the eyes of a fool -- at the end of the earth. |
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| [25]A provocation to his father [is] a foolish son, And bitterness to her that bare him. |
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| [26]Also, to fine the righteous is not good, To smite nobles for uprightness. |
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| [27]One acquainted with knowledge is sparing his words, And the cool of temper [is] a man of understanding. |
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| [28]Even a fool keeping silence is reckoned wise, He who is shutting his lips intelligent! |
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