1. WITH three things my spirit is pleased, which are approved before God and men:
2. The concord of brethren, and the love of neighbours, and mall and wife that agree well together.
3. Three sorts my soul hateth, and I am greatly grieved at their life:
4. A poor man that is proud: a rich man that is a liar: an old man that is a fool, and doting.
5. The things that thou hast not gathered in thy youth, how shalt thou find them in thy old age?
6. O how comely is judgment for a grey head, and for ancients to know counsel!
7. O how comely is wisdom for the aged, and understanding and counsel to men of honour!
8. Much experience is the crown of old men, and the fear of God is their glory.
9. Nine things that are not to be imagined by the heart have I magnified, and the tenth I will utter to men with my tongue.
10. A man that hath joy of his children: and he that liveth and seeth the fall of his enemies.