1. Better is a dry morsel, with quietness, than a house full of sacrifices with strife.
2. A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causes shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.
3. The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD tries the hearts.
4. A wicked doer gives heed to false lips; and a liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue.