He who conceals his transgression will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes will obtain mercy.

The wicked flee, but no one pursues, but the righteous is bold like a lion.

He who turns his ear from listening to instruction, even his prayer [is] an abomination.

He who trusts in his own heart is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom will be saved.

A man of faithfulness [has] abundant blessings, but he who hurries to become rich will not go unpunished.

[For] he who gives to the poor, there is no lacking, but [for] he who turns his eyes, [there are] many curses.

He who tills his ground will have plenty bread, but he who follows fantasies will have plenty [of] poverty.

He who rebukes a person will afterward find [more] favor than he who flatters [with the] tongue.

He who augments his wealth with interest and with usury gathers it for him who is kind to the poor.

By the rebellion of a land, her rulers increase, but by a person of intelligence who knows justice, it will last.

The {greedy person} will stir up strife, but he who trusts in Yahweh will be enriched.

Happy is the person who fears continuously, but he who is stubborn of heart, will fall into calamity.

Better [to be] poor and walking in one's integrity than to be crooked of ways when one [is] rich.

He who keeps instruction [is] a child of understanding, but the companion of gluttons will shame his father.

He who hurries for wealth is {a man with an evil eye}, but he does not know that poverty will come upon him.

Those who forsake instruction will praise the wicked, but they who guard instruction will struggle against them.

[Like] a roaring lion and a charging bear [is] a wicked ruler over a poor people.

A man [who is] poor and oppresses the impoverished [is] a beating rain {that leaves} no food.

He who walks in integrity will be safe, but he who takes crooked paths will fall in one.

A ruler who lacks understanding is a cruel oppressor, [but] those who hate unjust gain will have long days.

Men of evil do not understand justice, but seekers of Yahweh understand completely.

A person who is burdened with [the] blood of {another}, until death he will flee; do not take hold of him.

He who misleads the upright onto the way of evil, into his pits he will fall. But as for the blameless, they will inherit good.

A man of wealth [is] wise in his own eyes, but the intelligent poor sees through him.

{Showing partiality} [is] not good, and over a morsel of bread, a strong man will do wrong.

He who robs his father and his mother and says, "There is no crime," is partner to a man who corrupts.

When the righteous triumphs, great [is] the glory, but with [the] rising of the wicked, a person will be hidden.

With [the] rising of the wicked, humankind will be hidden, and with their perishing, [the] righteous will multiply.