2. He that walketh in his yashar feareth Hashem, but he that is devious in his drakhim despiseth Him.
3. In the peh (mouth) of the fool is a rod of ga'avah (pride), but the sfatayim (lips) of the chachamim shall be shomer over them and preserve them.
4. Where no oxen are, the evus (feeding trough) is clean, but much increase is by the ko'ach of the shor (ox).
5. An ed emunim will not lie, but an ed sheker will utter lies.
6. A scoffer seeketh chochmah, and findeth it not, but da'as cometh easily unto him that is discerning.
7. Go from the presence of an ish kesil, when thou perceivest not in him the sfatayim (lips) of da'as (knowledge).
8. The chochmah of the prudent is to understand his derech, but the folly of kesilim is mirmah (deceit).
9. Fools mock at guilt, but among the yesharim (upright ones) there is ratzon (favor).
10. The lev knoweth its own bitterness, and a zar (stranger) doth not share its simchah.
11. The bais of the resha'im shall be shmad, but the ohel of the yesharim shall flourish.
12. There is a derech (road) which seemeth yashar (right) unto an ish, but the acharit (latter end, future) thereof are the drakhim of mavet.
13. Even in sekhok (laughter) the lev is sad, and the acharit (latter end) of that simchah is grief.
14. The sug (backslider, faithless one) in lev is filled with his own drakhim (roads), but an ish tov shall be satisfied from above himself.
15. The naive believeth every davar, but the prudent looketh with care to his steps.
16. A chacham feareth, and departeth from rah, but the kesil throweth off restraint and is arrogantly reckless.