Discretion will watch over you; understanding will protect you,

The way of the wicked ones [is] like deep darkness; they do not know what they stumble over.

{When you walk}, she will lead you, {When you lie down}, she will watch over you, and [when] you awake, she will converse [with] you.

Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers over all offenses.

In every place, the eyes of Yahweh keep watch over the evil and the good.

By loyalty and faithfulness, iniquity will be covered over, and by fear of Yahweh {one turns} from evil.

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

A slave who deals wisely will rule over a child who acts shamefully, and in the midst of brothers he will share his inheritance.

For a fool living in luxury is not fitting, [any] more [than it is] for a slave to rule over princes.

A wise king winnows the wicked, and he will drive a wheel over them.

The rich will rule over the poor, and the borrower is a slave of {the lender}.

The eyes of Yahweh keep watch over knowledge, but he will overthrow the words of the faithless.

To those who linger over wine, to those who come to try mixed wine.

I passed by the field of a lazy person, and over the vineyard of a person lacking {sense};

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

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