1. A wise son hears his father's instruction: but a scoffer hears not rebuke.
2. A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors feeds on violence.
3. He that keeps his mouth keeps his life: but he that opens wide his lips shall have destruction.
4. The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made rich.