1. Better is a poor man that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
2. Also that a person be without knowledge is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet maketh false steps.
3. The folly of man distorteth his way, and his heart is irritated against Jehovah.
4. Wealth addeth many friends; but the poor is separated from his friend.
5. A false witness shall not be held innocent, and he that uttereth lies shall not escape.
6. Many court the favour of a noble; and every one is friend to a man that giveth.
7. All the brethren of a poor man hate him; how much more do his friends go far from him: he pursueth them with words, --they are not to be found.
8. He that getteth sense loveth his own soul; he that keepeth understanding shall find good.
9. A false witness shall not be held innocent, and he that uttereth lies shall perish.
10. Good living beseemeth not a fool; how much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
11. The discretion of a man maketh him slow to anger, and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
12. The king's displeasure is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.
13. A foolish son is the calamity of his father; and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
14. House and wealth are an inheritance from fathers; but a prudent wife is from Jehovah.
15. Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep, and the idle soul shall suffer hunger.