¹ Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith,
than an house full of sacrifices with strife.

² A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame,
and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.

³ The fining pot is for silver,
and the furnace for gold:
but the LORD trieth the hearts.

⁴ A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips;
and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.

⁵ Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker:
and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.

⁶ Children's children are the crown of old men;
and the glory of children are their fathers.

⁷ Excellent speech becometh not a fool:
much less do lying lips a prince.

⁸ A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it:
whithersoever [upon all which] it turneth, it prospereth.

⁹ He that covereth a transgression seeketh love;
but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.

¹⁰ A reproof entereth more into a wise man
than an hundred stripes into a fool.

¹¹ An evil man seeketh only rebellion:
therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.

¹² Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man,
rather than a fool in his folly.

¹³ Whoso rewardeth evil for good,
evil shall not depart from his house.

¹⁴ The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water:
therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.

¹⁵ He that justifieth the wicked,
and he that condemneth the just,
even they both are abomination to the LORD.

¹⁶ Wherefore [To what then?] is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom,
seeing he hath no [nothing of] heart to it?

¹⁷ A friend loveth at all times,
and a brother is born for adversity.

¹⁸ A man void of understanding striketh hands,
and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.

¹⁹ He loveth transgression that loveth strife:
and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.

²⁰ He that hath a froward heart findeth no good:
and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.

²¹ He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow:
and the father of a fool hath no joy.

²² A merry heart doeth good like a medicine:
but a broken spirit drieth the bones.

²³ A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom
to pervert the ways of judgment.

²⁴ Wisdom is before [at the face of] him that hath understanding;
but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.

²⁵ A foolish son is a grief to his father,
and bitterness to her that bare him.

²⁶ Also to punish the just is not good,
nor to strike princes for equity.

²⁷ He that hath knowledge [one knowing knowledge] spareth his words:
and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.

²⁸ Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise:
and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.