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.
5. He who mocks the poor insults him who made him; he who rejoices at calamity will not go unpunished.
6. The crown of the elderly are grandchildren, and the glory of children is their fathers.
7. Fine speech is not becoming a fool, still less is false speech for a ruler.