1 Ko te tangata e aroha ana ki te kupu ako e aroha ana ki te mātauranga;
2 Ko te tangata pai ka whiwhi ki tā Ihowā whakapai;
3 E kore tā te tangata e ū i te kino;
4 He wahine e ū ana tōna pai, hei karauna tērā ki tāna tāne;
5 Ko ngā whakaaro o te hunga tika he tika;
6 Ko ngā kupu a te hunga kino e mea ana kia tauwhanga i te toto;
7 Ka hurihia iho te hunga kino, ā, kore iho;
8 Ka rite ki tōna ngārahu te whakamoemiti mō te tangata;
9 Ko te tangata e whakahāweatia ana, he pononga nei tāna,
10 Ko te tangata tika e whakaaro ana ia ki te ora o tāna kararehe;
11 Ko te tangata e mahi ana i tōna oneone ka mākona ia i te taro;
12 Ko tā te tangata kino e minamina ai ko te kupenga a te hunga kino;
13 Ka mau te tangata kino i te pokanga kētanga o ōna ngutu;
14 Mā ngā hua o tōna māngai ka mākona ai te tangata i te pai;
15 He tika tonu ki ōna kanohi ake te ara o te kūware;
16 Ko te kūware, e mōhiotia wawetia ana tōna riri;
17 Ko tā te tangata kōrero pono he whakapuaki i te tika;
18 He tangata anō ko āna kōrero maka noa, me te mea ko ngā werohanga a te hoari;
19 Ka ū tonu te ngutu pono ā ake ake;
20 He tinihanga kei roto i te ngākau o ngā kaitito i te kino;
21 E kore tētahi kino e pā ki te tangata tika;
22 He mea whakarihariha ki a Ihowā ngā ngutu teka;
23 Hīpoki ai te tangata tūpato i te mātauranga;
24 Mō te ringa o ngā uaua te kīngitanga;
25 Mā te pōuri i roto i te ngākau o te tangata e piko ai ia;
26 Hira ake te tangata tika i tōna hoa;
27 Kāhore te tangata māngere e tunu i tāna mea i hopu ai;
28 He ora kei te ara o te tika;