¹One who loves discipline loves knowledge, but one who hates rebuke is brutish.

²The good obtains favor from Yahweh, but the man of schemes he declares guilty.

³A man is not established by wickedness, but the root of the righteous is not shaken.

⁴A woman of strength is the crown of her husband, but she who acts shamefully is like rot in his bones.

⁵The thoughts of the righteous are justice; the steering of the wicked is deceit.

⁶The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood, but the mouth of the upright delivers them.

⁷The wicked are overturned, and they are no more, but the house of the righteous stands.

⁸A man is praised according to his insight, but the perverted of heart becomes contempt.

⁹Better is one lightly esteemed who has a servant than one who honors himself and lacks food.

¹⁰The righteous knows the being of his livestock, but the compassions of the wicked are cruel.

¹¹One who works his ground is satisfied with food, but one who chases empty things lacks heart.

¹²The wicked desires the net of evil people, but the root of the righteous yields.

¹³In the transgression of the lips is an evil snare, but the righteous comes out of distress.

¹⁴From the fruit of a man's mouth he is satisfied with good, and the dealing of a man's hands is repaid to him.

¹⁵The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but one who listens to counsel is wise.

¹⁶A fool's vexation is known that very day, but one who covers shame is shrewd.

¹⁷One who breathes out steadiness declares righteousness, but a witness of lies speaks deceit.

¹⁸There is one who speaks rashly like the thrusts of a sword, but the tongue of the wise is healing.

¹⁹A lip of truth is established forever, but a tongue of falsehood lasts only a wink.

²⁰Deceit is in the heart of those who devise evil, but for those who counsel wholeness there is gladness.

²¹No trouble at all befalls the righteous, but the wicked are full of evil.

²²Lips of falsehood are an abomination to Yahweh, but those who act with steadiness are his pleasure.

²³A shrewd man conceals knowledge, but the heart of fools calls out foolishness.

²⁴The hand of the diligent rules, but remissness becomes forced labor.

²⁵Worry in the heart of a man bows it down, but a good word makes it glad.

²⁶The righteous guides his friend, but the way of the wicked misleads them.

²⁷Slackness does not catch its game, but a man's wealth is precious: it is the diligent one's.

²⁸In the path of righteousness is life, and in the way of its pathway there is no death.