For her income is better than the income of silver, and her revenue than [that of] gold.

For wisdom is better than jewels, and all desires shall not compare with her.

My fruit is better than gold, even refined gold, and my yield than choice silver.

It is better to be lowly and a servant {to someone} than self-glorifying and lacking food.

Better [is] little with the fear of Yahweh than great treasure and trouble with it.

Better [is] a dinner of vegetables when love [is] there than a fattened ox and hatred with it.

Better is little with righteousness than great income with no justice.

Getting wisdom: {how much} better than gold! And getting understanding: it is chosen {over} silver.

Better a lowly spirit with the poor than dividing the spoil with the proud.

He who is slow to anger [is] better than him who is mighty, and he who controls his spirit than him who captures a city.

Better a dry morsel and quiet with it than a house filled [with] feasts of strife.

Better a poor person walking in integrity than one who is perverse {in his speech} and is a fool.

The craving of a man [is] his steadfast loyalty, and [it is] better [to be] poor than a {liar}.

Better to dwell on the corner of a roof than [to] share a house with a woman of contention.

Better to live in a land of wilderness than [with] a wife of quarrels and provocation.

A {reputation} [is] to be chosen {rather than} great riches; {favor is better than silver and gold}.

For [it is] better [that] he say to you, "Ascend here," than he humble you before a noble. What your eyes have seen,

Better to live upon the corner of a roof than [with] a woman of contention and [in a] shared house.

Better a rebuke that is open than a love that is hidden.

As for your friend and a friend of your father, do not forsake [them], and the house of your brother, do not enter on the day of your calamity. Better is a close neighbor than a distant brother.

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