¹The wise of women builds her house, but foolishness tears it down with her hands.

²One who walks in his uprightness fears Yahweh, but one who is crooked of his ways despises him.

³In the mouth of the fool is a shoot of pride, but the lips of the wise guard them.

⁴Where there are no cattle the feeding trough is clean, but an abundance of yield comes by the strength of the ox.

⁵A faithful witness does not tell lies, but a witness of falsehood breathes out lies.

⁶A mocker seeks wisdom, and there is none, but knowledge is light to one who discerns.

⁷Go from before a foolish man, for you have not known lips of knowledge.

⁸The wisdom of the shrewd is to discern his way, but the foolishness of fools is deceit.

⁹Fools mock at guilt, but among the upright there is goodwill.

¹⁰The heart knows the bitterness of its own being, and in its gladness a stranger does not share.

¹¹The house of the wicked will be wiped out, but the tent of the upright will bud.

¹²There is a way that is upright before the face of a man, but its latter end is the ways of death.

¹³Even in laughter the heart aches, and the latter end of gladness is grief.

¹⁴One whose heart moves away is sated with his own ways, and a good man from within himself.

¹⁵A naive person believes every word, but a shrewd one considers his step.

¹⁶The wise one fears and turns aside from evil, but the fool is arrogant and trusting.

¹⁷One short of anger does foolishness, and a man of schemes is hated.

¹⁸The naive inherit foolishness, but the shrewd are crowned with knowledge.

¹⁹The evil bow down before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

²⁰Even by his neighbor the poor one is hated, but those who love the rich are many.

²¹One who despises his neighbor sins, but one who shows favor to the humble: how happy is he!

²²Do they not wander about, those who devise evil? But loyal love and stability are for those who devise good.

²³In all toil there is gain, but the word of the lips leads only to need.

²⁴The crown of the wise is their wealth; the foolishness of fools is foolishness.

²⁵A witness of stability delivers beings, but one who breathes out lies is deceit.

²⁶In the fear of Yahweh is the security of strength, and for his sons there will be a refuge.

²⁷The fear of Yahweh is a spring of life, to turn one aside from the traps of death.

²⁸In the multitude of the people is the splendor of a king, but in the lack of a people is the ruin of a potentate.

²⁹One slow of anger is great in understanding, but one short of breath lifts up foolishness.

³⁰A heart of healing is the life of the flesh, but jealousy is the rot of the bones.

³¹One who oppresses the poor reproaches his maker, but one who shows favor to the needy honors him.

³²In his evil the wicked is thrust down, but the righteous takes refuge in his death.

³³In the heart of a discerning one wisdom rests, but in the midst of fools it is made known.

³⁴Righteousness makes a nation high, but the loyal love of peoples is sin.

³⁵The favor of a king belongs to a servant who acts wisely, but his fury is toward one who acts shamefully.