1. Better a poor person walking in integrity than one who is perverse in his speech and is a fool.
2. Also, a life without knowledge is not good, and he who moves quickly with his feet misses the mark.
3. As for the folly of humankind, its way leads to ruin, and against Yahweh his heart will rage.
4. Wealth adds many friends, but the poor will be left by his friends.
5. A witness of falsehood will not go unpunished, and he who breathes lies will not escape.
6. Many will seek favor before the generous, and everyone is the friend of a man of gifts.
7. All the brothers of the poor, if they hate him, how much more will his friends keep away from him. He pursues them with words, and they are gone.
8. He who acquires wisdom loves himself; he who guards understanding loves to find good.
9. A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who breathes lies will perish.