1. A wise child hears the discipline of a father, but a scoffer does not listen to a rebuke.
2. From the fruit of the mouth of a man, he shall eat what is good, but the desire of the treacherous, wrongdoing.
3. He who keeps his mouth guards his life; he who opens his lips, ruin belongs to him.
4. The soul of the lazy craves, but there is nothing, but the person of diligence is richly supplied.
5. The righteous hates a word of falsehood; the wicked will bring shame and disgrace.
6. Righteousness will guard the upright of way, but wickedness will overthrow sin.
7. There is one who acts rich but has nothing; another who pretends to be poor but has wealth.
8. The ransom of the life of a man is his wealth, but the poor does not receive a threat.