¶ Better is a dry¹ morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house² full of sacrifices³ with strife.

¶ A wise⁴ servant shall have rule over a son that⁵ causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.

¶⁶The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.

¶⁷A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.

¶ Whoso mocketh⁸ the poor reproacheth his Maker: and⁹ he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished¹⁰.

¶ Children's¹¹ children are the crown of old men; and the¹² glory of children are their fathers.

¶ Excellent speech¹³ becometh not a fool: much¹⁴ less do lying lips¹⁵ a prince.

¶ A gift¹⁶ is as a precious stone¹⁷ in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.

¶ He that covereth¹⁸ a transgression seeketh¹⁹ love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.

¶²⁰A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.

¶ An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.

¶²³Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.

¶ Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

¶ The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.

¶ He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.

¶³⁰Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?

¶ A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

¶ A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.

¶ He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he³⁶ that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.

¶ He that³⁷ hath³⁸ a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.

¶ He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.

¶⁴¹A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.

¶ A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.

¶⁴⁴Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.

¶ A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.

¶ Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity.

¶⁴⁹He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.

Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.