1. Better is a dry morsel in peace than the house of contention full of sacrifices for a feast.
2. A prudent slave shall have rule over a son that causes 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 tries the hearts.
4. An evil doer gives heed to false lips, and a liar gives ear to the tongue which curses.
5. Whosoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker, and he that is glad regarding the calamity of someone else shall not go unpunished.
6. Children’s children are the crown of old men, and the honour of the children are their fathers.
7. Excellent speech is not suitable for a fool: much less lying lips for a prince!
8. A bribe is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that has it; wherever it turns, it prospers.
9. He that covers a transgression seeks love, but he that repeats a matter separates very friends.
10. Reproof is of more benefit to a wise man than a hundred stripes to a fool.
11. The rebellious man seeks only evil; therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
12. It is better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool in his folly.