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¹ Better is a dry piece of bread, and quietness with it, than a house full of sacrifices with fighting.

² A servant who acts prudently shall rule over a son who causes shame, and he shall have part of the inheritance among the brothers.

³ The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but Jehovah tries the hearts.

⁴ An evildoer gives heed to lips of iniquity; a liar listens to a tongue of evil desire.

⁵ Whoever scorns the poor reviles his Maker, he who rejoices at calamity shall not be innocent.

⁶ Grandsons are the crown of old men, and the glory of sons are their fathers.

⁷ An arrogant lip is not fitting for a fool, much less are lying lips for a noble.

⁸ A bribe is a precious stone in the eyes of him who possesses it; everywhere he turns, he is prudent.

⁹ He who covers a transgression seeks love, but he who repeats a matter separates friends.

¹⁰ A reproof enters more into one discerning than a hundred stripes into a fool.

¹¹ Rebellion seeks evil, so a cruel messenger is sent against him.

¹² Let a bear bereaved of her cubs meet a man, rather than a fool in his foolishness.

¹³ Whoever rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

¹⁴ The beginning of strife is like the releasing of water, therefore leave off fighting before it breaks out.

¹⁵ He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the just, even both of them are disgusting to Jehovah.

¹⁶ Why is there hire in a fool's hand to get wisdom, and there is no heart for it ?

¹⁷ A friend loves at every time, but a brother is born for distress.

¹⁸ A man lacking heart strikes the hand, he pledges in the presence of his friend.

¹⁹ He loving strife loves rebellion, he who exalts his door seeks shattering.

²⁰ One crooked of heart does not find good, and he who is perverse in his tongue falls into evil.

²¹ He who fathers a fool has sorrow for it; yea, the father of a fool has no joy.

²² A cheerful heart makes good healing, but a stricken spirit dries the bone.

²³ The wicked takes a bribe out of the bosom to pervert the paths of justice.

²⁴ With the face of the wise is wisdom, but a fool's eyes are in the ends of the earth.

²⁵ A foolish son is a vexation to his father, and bitterness to her who bore him.

²⁶ And it is not good to punish the just, to strike leaders for uprightness.

²⁷ He who restrains his words knows knowledge, and one cool of spirit is a man of understanding.²⁸ Even a fool who is silent is counted wise, he who shuts his lips is counted as discerning.