1. A wise son--the instruction of a father, And a scorner--he hath not heard rebuke.
2. From the fruit of the mouth a man eateth good, And the soul of the treacherous-- violence.
3. Whoso is keeping his mouth, is keeping his soul, Whoso is opening wide his lips-- ruin to him!
4. The soul of the slothful is desiring, and hath not. And the soul of the diligent is made fat.