¹A soft answer turns away rage, but a word of hurt raises anger.

²The tongue of the wise makes knowledge good, but the mouth of fools pours out foolishness.

³In every place the eyes of Yahweh are watching the evil and the good.

⁴A tongue of healing is a tree of life, but crookedness in it is a crushing in the breath.

⁵A fool scorns the discipline of his father, but one who keeps rebuke is shrewd.

⁶In the house of the righteous is great wealth, but in the produce of the wicked is trouble.

⁷The lips of the wise scatter knowledge, but the heart of fools is not so.

⁸The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to Yahweh, but the prayer of the upright is his pleasure.

⁹The way of the wicked is an abomination to Yahweh, but he loves the one who pursues righteousness.

¹⁰Discipline is evil to one who forsakes the way; one who hates rebuke will die.

¹¹Sheol and Abaddon are before Yahweh, how much more the hearts of the children of man.

¹²A mocker does not love being reproved; to the wise he will not go.

¹³A joyful heart makes the face good, but by the pain of the heart the breath is stricken.

¹⁴A discerning heart seeks knowledge, but the mouth of fools grazes on foolishness.

¹⁵All the days of the poor are evil, but the one good of heart has a feast continually.

¹⁶Better a little in the fear of Yahweh than great treasure, and tumult in it.

¹⁷Better a meal of vegetables, and love there, than a fattened ox, and hatred in it.

¹⁸A man of rage stirs up conflict, but one slow to anger calms a dispute.

¹⁹The way of the sluggard is like a hedge of briars, but the path of the upright is raised up.

²⁰A wise son gladdens a father, but a fool of a man despises his mother.

²¹Foolishness is joy to one lacking heart, but a man of understanding makes his walk straight.

²²Plans are broken where there is no counsel, but in the multitude of advisers they stand.

²³A man has gladness in the answer of his mouth, and a word in its time, how good it is.

²⁴The path of life leads upward for one who acts prudently, so as to turn aside from Sheol below.

²⁵Yahweh tears down the house of the arrogant, but he fixes the boundary of the widow.

²⁶The thoughts of evil are an abomination to Yahweh, but the words of pleasantness are clean.

²⁷One who gains unjust profit troubles his house, but one who hates gifts will live.

²⁸The heart of the righteous ponders how to answer, but the mouth of the wicked pours out evils.

²⁹Yahweh is far from the wicked, but he hears the prayer of the righteous.

³⁰The light of the eyes makes the heart glad; a good report fattens the bone.

³¹The ear that hears the rebuke of life will lodge in the midst of the wise.

³²One who neglects discipline rejects his own being, but one who heeds rebuke acquires heart.

³³The fear of Yahweh is the discipline of wisdom, and before weightiness comes humility.