1. Every wise woman builds her house, but the foolish plucks it down with her hands.
2. He that walks in his uprightness fears the Lord, but he that is perverse in his ways despises him.
3. In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride, but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
4. Without oxen, the storehouse is clean, but by the strength of the ox there is abundance of bread.
5. The true witness will not lie, but the false witness will utter lies.
6. The scorner sought wisdom and found it not, but wisdom comes easy unto him that understands.
7. Go from the presence of the foolish man when thou dost not perceive in him the lips of knowledge.
8. The wisdom of the sane is to understand his way, but the folly of fools is deceit.
9. Fools speak sin unto themselves, but among the righteous there is love.
10. The heart knows the bitterness of his soul, and a stranger shall not intermeddle with his joy.
11. The house of the wicked shall be made desolate, but the tent of the upright shall flourish.
12. There is a way which seems right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
13. Even in laughter, the scorner has pain in his heart, and the end of that mirth is heaviness.
14. The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways, and the good man shall be separated from him.
15. The simple believes every word, but the prudent man understands his steps.
16. The wise man fears and departs from evil, but the fool rages and is confident.