1. Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his lips and is a fool.
2. It isn’t good to have zeal without knowledge; nor being hasty with one’s feet and missing the way.
3. The foolishness of man subverts his way; his heart rages against Yahweh.
4. Wealth adds many friends, but the poor is separated from his friend.
5. A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who pours out lies shall not go free.
6. Many will entreat the favor of a ruler, and everyone is a friend to a man who gives gifts.
7. All the relatives of the poor shun him: how much more do his friends avoid him! He pursues them with pleas, but they are gone.
8. He who gets wisdom loves his own soul. He who keeps understanding shall find good.
9. A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who utters lies shall perish.
10. Delicate living is not appropriate for a fool, much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
11. The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger. It is his glory to overlook an offense.
12. The king’s wrath is like the roaring of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
13. A foolish son is the calamity of his father. A wife’s quarrels are a continual dripping.
14. House and riches are an inheritance from fathers, but a prudent wife is from Yahweh.
15. Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep. The idle soul shall suffer hunger.