1. A wise son heareth his father’s instruction; But a scoffer heareth not rebuke.
2. A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth; But the soul of the treacherous shall eat violence.
3. He that guardeth his mouth keepeth his life; But he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
4. The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing; But the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
5. A righteous man hateth lying; But a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame.
6. Righteousness guardeth him that is upright in the way; But wickedness overthroweth the sinner.
7. There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: There is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great wealth.