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[1]Better is a dry morsel with quietness, than a house full of sacrifices with strife.
[2]A wise servant shall have rule over a son who causes shame, and shall share in the inheritance among the brothers.
[3]The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but Jehovah tries the hearts.
[4]An evildoer gives heed to false lips; a liar listens to a destructive tongue.
[5]He who mocks the poor reproaches his Maker; he who is glad at calamities shall not go unpunished.
[6]Children's children are the crown of old men, and the glory of children are their fathers.
[7]Excellent speech is not befitting a fool; much less lying lips a prince.
[8]A bribe is like a precious stone in the eyes of him who has it; wherever he turns, he prospers.
[9]He who covers a transgression seeks love, but he who repeats a matter separates friends.
[10]A reproof enters more into a wise man than a thousand stripes into a fool.
[11]An evil man seeks only rebellion; therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
[12]Let a man meet a bear robbed of her cubs, rather than a fool in his folly.
[13]Whoever rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
[14]The beginning of strife is like letting out water; therefore leave off contention, before it breaks out.
[15]He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the just, both of them alike are an abomination to Jehovah.
[16]Why is there a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, since he has no heart?
[17]A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
[18]A man lacking heart strikes hands; he becomes surety in the presence of his friend.
[19]He who loves transgression loves strife; he who exalts his gate seeks destruction.
[20]He who has a perverse heart finds no good, and he who has a crooked tongue falls into evil.
[21]He who begets a fool does it to his sorrow; the father of a fool has no joy.
[22]A merry heart does good like medicine, but a broken spirit dries the bones.
[23]A wicked man accepts a bribe out of the bosom to pervert the ways of justice.
[24]Wisdom is before him who has understanding, but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.
[25]A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her who bore him.
[26]It is also not good to punish the just, nor to strike princes for uprightness.
[27]He who has knowledge restrains his words; a man of understanding is of a calm spirit.
[28]Even a fool, when he is silent, is counted wise; and he who shuts his lips, as a man of understanding.
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