1. The king’s heart is in the Lord’s hand like the watercourses.He turns it wherever he desires.
2. Every way of a man is right in his own eyes,but the Lord weighs the hearts.
3. To do righteousness and justiceis more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
4. A high look, and a proud heart,the lamp of the wicked, is sin.
5. The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit;and everyone who is hasty surely rushes to poverty.
6. Getting treasures by a lying tongueis a fleeting vapor for those who seek death.
7. The violence of the wicked will drive them away,because they refuse to do what is right.
8. The way of the guilty is devious,but the conduct of the innocent is upright.
9. It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop,than to share a house with a contentious woman.
10. The soul of the wicked desires evil;his neighbor finds no mercy in his eyes.
11. When the mocker is punished, the simple gains wisdom.When the wise is instructed, he receives knowledge.
12. The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked,and brings the wicked to ruin.
13. Whoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor,he will also cry out, but shall not be heard.
14. A gift in secret pacifies anger;and a bribe in the cloak, strong wrath.
15. It is joy to the righteous to do justice;but it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.
16. The man who wanders out of the way of understandingshall rest in the assembly of the departed spirits.
17. He who loves pleasure shall be a poor man.He who loves wine and oil shall not be rich.