1. A WISE son heareth his father's instruction: but a scorner 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.
8. The ransom of a man's life is his riches: but the poor heareth no threatening.
9. The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
10. By pride cometh only contention: but with the well advised is wisdom.
11. Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall have increase.
12. Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.