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¹ A dry piece of food with peace and quiet is better than a house full of food with fighting.

² A servant who is wise in what he does will rule over a son who acts in shame. He will share in what is given as one of the brothers.

³ The melting-pot is for silver and the hot fire is for gold, but the Lord tests hearts.

⁴ A wrong-doer listens to sinful lips. A liar listens to a tongue that destroys.

⁵ He who laughs at the poor brings shame to his Maker. He who is glad at trouble will be punished.

⁶ Grandchildren are the pride and joy of old men and a son is proud of his father.

⁷ Fine speaking is not right for a fool. Even worse are lying lips to a ruler.

⁸ Being paid in secret for wrong-doing is like a stone of much worth to the one who has it. Wherever he turns, he does well.

⁹ He who covers a sin looks for love. He who tells of trouble separates good friends.

¹⁰ A man of understanding learns more from being told the right thing to do than a fool learns from being beaten a hundred times.

¹¹ A man who will not obey looks only for what is bad. So one who has no loving-pity will be sent against him.

¹² A man meeting a bear robbed of her little ones is better than meeting a fool in his foolish way.

¹³ If a man returns bad for good, trouble will not leave his house.

¹⁴ The beginning of trouble is like letting out water. So stop arguing before fighting breaks out.

¹⁵ He who says that the sinful are right, and he who says those who do right are wrong, both are hated by the Lord.

¹⁶ It does a fool no good to try to buy wisdom, when he has no understanding.

¹⁷ A friend loves at all times. A brother is born to share troubles.

¹⁸ A man without good thinking makes promises, and becomes a trust for what another man owes his neighbor.

¹⁹ He who loves sin loves making trouble. He who opens his door wide for trouble is looking for a way to be destroyed.

²⁰ He who has a sinful heart finds no good. He who has a sinful tongue falls into sin.

²¹ A foolish son is a sorrow to his father, and the father of a fool has no joy.

²² A glad heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.

²³ A sinful man receives pay in secret to change the right way into wrong-doing.

²⁴ Wisdom is with the one who has understanding, but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.

²⁵ A foolish son is a sorrow to his father, and trouble to her who gave birth to him.

²⁶ It is not good to punish those who are right with God, and it is wrong to beat men of honor for being faithful.

²⁷ He who is careful in what he says has much learning, and he who has a quiet spirit is a man of understanding.

²⁸ Even a fool, when he keeps quiet, is thought to be wise. When he closes his lips, he is thought of as a man of understanding.