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¹ Better to be poor and live one's life uprightly
    than engage in crooked speech, for such a one is a fool.

² To act without knowing how you function is not good;
    and if you rush ahead, you will miss your goal.

³ A person's own folly is what ruins his way,
    but he rages in his heart against Adonai.

⁴ Wealth brings in many friends,
    but the poor man loses the one friend he has.

⁵ A false witness will not go unpunished;
    whoever breathes out lies will not escape.

⁶ Many ask favors of a generous person —
    to a giver of gifts, everyone is a friend.

⁷ A poor man's relatives all hate him;
    even more his friends stay away from him.
He may pursue them with entreaties,
    but they aren't there to be found.

⁸ To acquire good sense is to love oneself;
    to treasure discernment is to prosper.
⁹ A false witness will not go unpunished;
    whoever breathes out lies will perish.

¹⁰ It isn't fitting for a fool to live in luxury,
    and even less for a slave to govern princes.

¹¹ People with good sense are slow to anger,
    and it is their glory to overlook an offense.

¹² A king's wrath is like the roaring of a lion,
    but his favor is like dew on the grass.

¹³ A son who is a fool is his father's ruin,
    and a nagging wife is like a leak that keeps dripping.
¹⁴ A house and wealth are inherited from ancestors,
    but a sensible wife is from Adonai.

¹⁵ Laziness makes people fall asleep,
    and an idle person will go hungry.

¹⁶ He who keeps a mitzvah keeps himself safe,
    but he who doesn't care how he lives will die.

¹⁷ He who is kind to the poor is lending to Adonai;
    and he will repay him for his good deed.

¹⁸ Discipline your child while there is hope,
    but don't get so angry that you kill him!

¹⁹ A violent-tempered person will be punished;
    if you try to save him from it, you make things worse.

²⁰ Listen to advice, and accept discipline,
    so that in the end you will be wise.

²¹ One can devise many plans in one's mind,
    but Adonai's plan will prevail.

²² A man's lust is his shame,
    and a poor man is better than a liar.

²³ The fear of Adonai leads to life;
    one who has it is satisfied and rests untouched by evil.

²⁴ The lazy person buries his hand in the dish
    but doesn't even bother to bring it to his mouth.
²⁵ If you strike a scorner,
    the simple will learn to act wisely;
if you reprove the intelligent,
    he will understand what you mean.

²⁶ One who mistreats his father and evicts his mother
    is a son who brings them shame and disgrace.

²⁷ My son, if you stop heeding discipline,
    you will stray from the principles of knowledge.

²⁸ A worthless witness mocks at justice,
    and the mouth of the wicked swallows wrongdoing.

²⁹ Judgments are in store for scorners
    and blows for the backs of fools.