1 Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity
2 Also, that the soul be without knowledge is not good;
3 The foolishness of man subverteth his way;
4 Wealth addeth many friends;
5 A false witness shall not be unpunished;
6 Many will entreat the favor of the liberal man;
7 All the brethren of the poor do hate him:
8 He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul:
9 A false witness shall not be unpunished;
10 Delicate living is not seemly for a fool;
11 The discretion of a man maketh him slow to anger;
12 The king’s wrath is as the roaring of a lion;
13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father;
14 House and riches are an inheritance from fathers;
15 Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep;
16 He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his soul;
17 He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto Jehovah,
18 Chasten thy son, seeing there is hope;
19 A man of great wrath shall bear the penalty;
20 Hear counsel, and receive instruction,
21 There are many devices in a man’s heart;
22 That which maketh a man to be desired is his kindness;
23 The fear of Jehovah
24 The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish,
25 Smite a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence;
26 He that doeth violence to his father, and chaseth away his mother,
27 Cease, my son, to hear instruction
28 A worthless witness mocketh at justice;
29 Judgments are prepared for scoffers,