Better is a little with the [reverent, worshipful] fear of the Lord
Than great treasure and trouble with it.

Better is a little with righteousness
Than great income [gained] with injustice.

Better is a dry morsel [of food served] with quietness and peace
Than a house full of feasting [served] with strife and contention.

Better is he who is lightly esteemed and has a servant,
Than he who [boastfully] honors himself [pretending to be what he is not] and lacks bread.

Better is a dinner of vegetables and herbs where love is present
Than a fattened ox served with hatred.

Better is a poor man who walks in his integrity
Than a [rich] man who is twisted in his speech and is a [shortsighted] fool.

Do not abandon your own friend and your father’s friend,
And do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your disaster.
Better is a neighbor who is near than a brother who is far away.

Better is the poor who walks in his integrity
Than he who is crooked and two-faced though he is rich.

When the scoffer is punished, the naive [observes the lesson and] becomes wise;
But when the wise and teachable person is instructed, he receives knowledge.