1. Every wise woman hath builded her house, And the foolish with her hands breaketh it down.
2. Whoso is walking in his uprightness is fearing Jehovah, And the perverted [in] his ways is despising Him.
3. In the mouth of a fool [is] a rod of pride, And the lips of the wise preserve them.
4. Without oxen a stall [is] clean, And great [is] the increase by the power of the ox.
5. A faithful witness lieth not, And a false witness breatheth out lies.
6. A scorner hath sought wisdom, and it is not, And knowledge to the intelligent [is] easy.
7. Go from before a foolish man, Or thou hast not known the lips of knowledge.
8. The wisdom of the prudent [is] to understand his way, And the folly of fools [is] deceit.
9. Fools mock at a guilt-offering, And among the upright--a pleasing thing.
10. The heart knoweth its own bitterness, And with its joy a stranger doth not intermeddle.
11. The house of the wicked is destroyed, And the tent of the upright flourisheth.