1. With three things I am delighted,for they are pleasing to the Lord and to human beings:Harmony among relatives, friendship among neighbors,and a wife and a husband living happily together.
2. Three kinds of people I hate,and I loathe their manner of life:A proud pauper, a rich liar,and a lecherous old fool.
3. In your youth you did not gather.How will you find anything in your old age?
4. How appropriate is sound judgment in the gray-haired,and good counsel in the elderly!
5. How appropriate is wisdom in the aged,understanding and counsel in the venerable!
6. The crown of the elderly, wide experience;their glory, the fear of the Lord.
7. There are nine who come to mind as blessed,a tenth whom my tongue proclaims:The man who finds joy in his children,and the one who lives to see the downfall of his enemies.
8. Happy the man who lives with a sensible woman,and the one who does not plow with an ox and a donkey combined.Happy the one who does not sin with the tongue,who does not serve an inferior.
9. Happy the one who finds a friend,who speaks to attentive ears.
10. How great is the one who finds wisdom,but none is greater than the one who fears the Lord.
11. Fear of the Lord surpasses all else.To whom can we compare the one who has it?
13. Any wound, but not a wound of the heart!Any wickedness, but not the wickedness of a woman!