¹The heart of a king is streams of water in the hand of Yahweh; he turns it toward whatever he desires.

²Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but Yahweh weighs hearts.

³To do righteousness and justice is chosen by Yahweh over sacrifice.

⁴Lofty eyes and a wide heart, the lamp of the wicked, are sin.

⁵The plans of the diligent tend only toward abundance, but everyone who is hasty goes only toward need.

⁶The acquiring of treasures by a tongue of falsehood is a vapor driven about, among seekers of death.

⁷The violence of the wicked will drag them away, for they refused to do justice.

⁸Crooked is the way of a guilty man, but the pure one's work is straight.

⁹Better to dwell on a corner of a roof than with a woman of contentions in a shared house.

¹⁰The being of a wicked person craves evil; his neighbor is shown no favor in his eyes.

¹¹When a mocker is punished, the naive one becomes wise; and when one gives insight to the wise, he takes knowledge.

¹²The righteous one considers the house of the wicked, overturning the wicked into misery.

¹³One who shuts his ear from the cry of the poor, he also will call out and not be answered.

¹⁴A gift in secret subdues anger, and a bribe in the bosom, fierce rage.

¹⁵To do justice is a gladness to the righteous, but a terror to those who do iniquity.

¹⁶A person wandering from the way of insight will rest in the assembly of the shades.

¹⁷A man of need is one who loves gladness; one who loves wine and oil will not gain riches.

¹⁸The wicked one is a ransom for the righteous, and one who acts treacherously, in place of the upright.

¹⁹Better to dwell in a land of wilderness than with a woman of strife and vexation.

²⁰Desirable treasure and oil are in the dwelling of the wise, but a fool of a man swallows it down.

²¹One who pursues righteousness and loyal love will find life, righteousness, and weightiness.

²²A wise one goes up against a city of the mighty and brings down the strength of its security.

²³One who guards his mouth and his tongue keeps his being from distress.

²⁴Insolent, arrogant, mocker is his name; he acts in an overflow of presumption.

²⁵The longing of the sluggish one kills him, for his hands refuse to act.

²⁶All day long he craves and craves, but the righteous one gives and does not hold back.

²⁷The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination; how much more when he brings it with a scheme.

²⁸A witness of lies will perish, but a man who listens will speak continually.

²⁹A wicked man shows boldness with his face, but the upright one himself discerns his way.

³⁰There is no wisdom, no understanding, and no counsel that stands against Yahweh.

³¹A horse is made ready for the day of battle, but victory belongs to Yahweh.