| 1 An intelligent child listens to his father’s advice, but a mocker listens to no correction. | |
| 2 A man can taste goodness from the fruit of his own mouth, but the treacherous feed on violence. | |
| 3 He who guards his mouth preserves his life, the constant talker is lost. | |
| 4 The lazy man hopes but his desires are in vain, whereas hard workers have their desires fulfilled. | |
| 5 The righteous hates lying words but the evildoer slanders and defames. | |
| 6 Virtue protects those of honest life; while sin brings ruin to the wicked. | |
| 7 One pretends to be rich but has nothing, another, of great wealth, feigns poverty. | |
| 8 A man’s wealth lets him ransom his life but the poor man has nothing with which to do so. | |
| 9 The light of the virtuous is bright, the lamp of the godless is extinguished. | |
| 10 Arrogance only brings trouble; wisdom is found in those who take advice. | |
| 11 Sudden riches will decrease, he who gathers little by little will be enriched. | |
| 12 Delayed hope makes the heart languish, but desire fulfilled is a tree of life. | |
| 13 The one who scorns teaching will be in want, those who respect the commandment will be rewarded. | |
| 14 The wise man’s teaching is a life-giving fountain for escaping the snares of death. | |
| 15 Prudent intelligence wins favor, the way of liars leads nowhere. | |
| 16 Every prudent man acts with reflection, the fool parades his stupidity. | |
| 17 A wicked messenger falls on misfortune, the reliable one brings healing. | |
| 18 Poverty and shame to the one who rejects correction; honor to him who accepts rebuke. | |
| 19 Desire fulfilled is sweet to the soul; but fools spurn rejection of evil. | |
| 20 Walk with the wise and you will gain wisdom; those who befriend fools become wicked. | |
| 21 Misfortune hounds the sinner, while the upright abound in good fortune. | |
| 22 A good man’s inheritance is for his children’s children, a sinner’s wealth will be kept for the virtuous. | |
| 23 The tillage of the poor supplies food, while others perish because of their lack of righteousness. | |
| 24 Unloved is the child whom the father hates to punish; the loving father frequently corrects. | |
| 25 The upright man eats his fill, while the stomach of the wicked goes hungry. | |
