(The wise man, hearing, will get greater learning, and the acts of the man of good sense will be wisely guided:)

To get the sense of wise sayings and secrets, and of the words of the wise and their dark sayings.

If they say, Come with us; let us make designs against the good, waiting secretly for the upright, without cause;

Truly, if you are crying out for good sense, and your request is for knowledge;

Then the fear of the Lord will be clear to you, and knowledge of God will be yours.

Then you will have knowledge of righteousness and right acting, and upright behaviour, even of every good way.

Who is false to the husband of her early years, and does not keep the agreement of her God in mind:

So that you may go in the way of good men, and keep in the footsteps of the upright.

For the upright will be living in the land, and the good will have it for their heritage.

But sinners will be cut off from the land, and those whose acts are false will be uprooted.

Let not mercy and good faith go from you; let them be hanging round your neck, recorded on your heart;

So you will have grace and a good name in the eyes of God and men.

Put all your hope in God, not looking to your reason for support.

My son, keep good sense, and do not let wise purpose go from your eyes.

Do not keep back good from those who have a right to it, when it is in the power of your hand to do it.

For I give you good teaching; do not give up the knowledge you are getting from me.

Get wisdom, get true knowledge; keep it in memory, do not be turned away from the words of my mouth.

The first sign of wisdom is to get wisdom; go, give all you have to get true knowledge.

How long will you be sleeping, O hater of work? when will you get up from your sleep?

A good-for-nothing man is an evil-doer; he goes on his way causing trouble with false words;

For good faith goes out of my mouth, and false lips are disgusting to me.

They are all true to him whose mind is awake, and straightforward to those who get knowledge.

Take my teaching, and not silver; get knowledge in place of the best gold.

Wise design and good sense are mine; reason and strength are mine.

Those who have given me their love are loved by me, and those who make search for me with care will get me.

He who in summer gets together his store is a son who does wisely; but he who takes his rest when the grain is being cut is a son causing shame.

It is sport to the foolish man to do evil, but the man of good sense takes delight in wisdom.

The thing feared by the evil-doer will come to him, but the upright man will get his desire.

The fear of the Lord gives long life, but the years of the evil-doer will be cut short.

The mouth of the upright man is budding with wisdom, but the twisted tongue will be cut off.

When pride comes, there comes shame, but wisdom is with the quiet in spirit.

The righteousness of the good man will make his way straight, but the sin of the evil-doer will be the cause of his fall.

He who has a poor opinion of his neighbour has no sense, but a wise man keeps quiet.

The desire of the upright man is only for good, but wrath is waiting for the evil-doer.

He who, with all his heart, goes after what is good is searching for grace; but he who is looking for trouble will get it.

A good man has grace in the eyes of the Lord; but the man of evil designs gets punishment from him.

From the fruit of his mouth will a man have good food in full measure, and the work of a man's hands will be rewarded.

Care in the heart of a man makes it weighted down, but a good word makes it glad.

A man will get good from the fruit of his lips, but the desire of the false is for violent acts.

The hater of work does not get his desires, but the soul of the hard workers will be made fat.

The only effect of pride is fighting; but wisdom is with the quiet in spirit.

Wealth quickly got will become less; but he who gets a store by the work of his hands will have it increased.

To get one's desire is sweet to the soul, but to give up evil is disgusting to the foolish.

Evil will overtake sinners, but the upright will be rewarded with good.

The heritage of the good man is handed down to his children's children; and the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the upright man.

The hater of authority, searching for wisdom, does not get it; but knowledge comes readily to the open-minded man.

The wisdom of the man of good sense makes his way clear; but the unwise behaviour of the foolish is deceit.

He whose heart is turned away will have the reward of his ways in full measure; but a good man will have the reward of his doings.

The simple man has faith in every word, but the man of good sense gives thought to his footsteps.

He who is quickly angry will do what is foolish, but the man of good sense will have quiet.

Foolish behaviour is the heritage of the simple, but men of good sense are crowned with knowledge.

The knees of the evil are bent before the good; and sinners go down in the dust at the doors of the upright.

Will not the designers of evil come into error? But mercy and good faith are for the designers of good.

He who is slow to be angry has great good sense; but he whose spirit is over-quick gives support to what is foolish.

A quiet mind is the life of the body, but envy is a disease in the bones.

The eyes of the Lord are in every place, keeping watch on the evil and the good.

A foolish man puts no value on his father's training; but he who has respect for teaching has good sense.

The heart of the man of good sense goes in search of knowledge, but foolish things are the food of the unwise.

An angry man makes men come to blows, but he who is slow to get angry puts an end to fighting.

Foolish behaviour is joy to the unwise; but a man of good sense makes his way straight.

A man has joy in the answer of his mouth: and a word at the right time, how good it is!

The light of the eyes is a joy to the heart, and good news makes the bones fat.

He who will not be controlled by training has no respect for his soul, but he who gives ear to teaching will get wisdom.

By mercy and good faith evil-doing is taken away: and by the fear of the Lord men are turned away from evil.

How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! and to get knowledge is more to be desired than silver.

He who gives attention to the law of right will get good; and whoever puts his faith in the Lord is happy.

The wise-hearted will be named men of good sense: and by pleasing words learning is increased.

A good-for-nothing man is a designer of evil, and in his lips there is a burning fire.

A violent man puts desire of evil into his neighbour's mind, and makes him go in a way which is not good.

If anyone gives back evil for good, evil will never go away from his house.

How will money in the hand of the foolish get him wisdom, seeing that he has no sense?

Nothing good comes to him whose heart is fixed on evil purposes: and he who has an evil tongue will come to trouble.

A sinner takes an offering out of his robe, to get a decision for himself in a cause.

To give punishment to the upright is not good, or to give blows to the noble for their righteousness.

He who has knowledge says little: and he who has a calm spirit is a man of good sense.

Even the foolish man, when he keeps quiet, is taken to be wise: when his lips are shut he is credited with good sense.

He who keeps himself separate for his private purpose goes against all good sense.

A foolish man has no pleasure in good sense, but only to let what is in his heart come to light.

To have respect for the person of the evil-doer is not good, or to give a wrong decision against the upright.

The heart of the man of good sense gets knowledge; the ear of the wise is searching for knowledge.

Whoever gets a wife gets a good thing, and has the approval of the Lord.

Further, without knowledge desire is not good; and he who is over-quick in acting goes out of the right way.

Great numbers will make attempts to get the approval of a ruler: and every man is the special friend of him who has something to give.

He who gets wisdom has love for his soul: he who keeps good sense will get what is truly good.

A false witness will not go without punishment, and the breather out of deceit will be cut off.

Material comfort is not good for the foolish; much less for a servant to be put over rulers.

A man's good sense makes him slow to wrath, and the overlooking of wrongdoing is his glory.

House and wealth are a heritage from fathers, but a wife with good sense is from the Lord.

A man of great wrath will have to take his punishment: for if you get him out of trouble you will have to do it again.

When blows overtake the man of pride, the simple will get sense; say sharp words to the wise, and knowledge will be made clear to him.

A good-for-nothing witness makes sport of the judge's decision: and the mouth of evil-doers sends out evil like a stream.

The hater of work will not do his ploughing because of the winter; so at the time of grain-cutting he will be requesting food and will get nothing.

The purpose in the heart of a man is like deep water, but a man of good sense will get it out.

Most men make no secret of their kind acts: but where is a man of good faith to be seen?

A poor thing, a poor thing, says he who is giving money for goods: but when he has gone on his way, then he makes clear his pride in what he has got.

Take a man's clothing if he makes himself responsible for a strange man, and get an undertaking from him who gives his word for strange men.

A heritage may be got quickly at first, but the end of it will not be a blessing.

Unequal weights are disgusting to the Lord, and false scales are not good.

Mercy and good faith keep the king safe, and the seat of his power is based on upright acts.

He whose ears are stopped at the cry of the poor, will himself get no answer to his cry for help.