1. Better a dry morsel and quiet with it than a house filled with feasts of strife.
2. A slave who deals wisely will rule over a child who acts shamefully, and in the midst of brothers he will share his inheritance.
3. A crucible is for the silver, and a furnace is for the gold, but Yahweh will test hearts.
4. He who does evil listens to lips of wickedness, and the liar gives heed to the tongue of mischief.