1. Whoso loveth correction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
2. A good man shall obtain favour of the Lord: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.
3. A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall never be moved.
4. A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
5. The thoughts of the righteous are just: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
6. The words of the wicked are of lying in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
7. The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.
8. A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.
9. Better is he that is lightly esteemed, and hath a servant, than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.
10. A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
11. He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons is void of understanding.
12. The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.
13. In the transgression of the lips is a snare to the evil man: but the righteous shall come out of trouble.
14. A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth: and the doings of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him.