Blessings are on the head of the upright, but the face of sinners will be covered with sorrow.

The memory of the upright is a blessing, but the name of the evil-doer will be turned to dust.

The wise-hearted man will let himself be ruled, but the man whose talk is foolish will have a fall.

He whose ways are upright will go safely, but he whose ways are twisted will be made low.

Hate is a cause of violent acts, but all errors are covered up by love.

Knowledge is stored up by the wise, but the mouth of the foolish man is a destruction which is near.

Hate is covered up by the lips of the upright man, but he who lets out evil about another is foolish.

Where there is much talk there will be no end to sin, but he who keeps his mouth shut does wisely.

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 upright man will never be moved, but evil-doers will not have a safe resting-place in the land.

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

Scales of deceit are hated by the Lord, but a true weight is his delight.

The righteousness of the upright will be their guide, but the twisted ways of the false will be their destruction.

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.

The righteousness of the upright will be their salvation, but the false will themselves be taken in their evil designs.

By the blessing of the upright man the town is made great, but it is overturned by the mouth of the evil-doer.

When there is no helping suggestion the people will have a fall, but with a number of wise guides they will be safe.

He who makes himself responsible for a strange man will undergo much loss; but the hater of such undertakings will be safe.

The man who has mercy will be rewarded, but the cruel man is the cause of trouble to himself.

The uncontrolled are hated by the Lord, but those whose ways are without error are his delight

Certainly the evil-doer will not go free from punishment, but the seed of the upright man will be safe.

A man may give freely, and still his wealth will be increased; and another may keep back more than is right, but only comes to be in need.

He who gives blessing will be made fat, but the curser will himself be cursed.

He who keeps back grain will be cursed by the people; but a blessing will be on the head of him who lets them have it for a price.

He who puts his faith in wealth will come to nothing; but the upright man will be full of growth like the green leaf.

The troubler of his house will have the wind for his heritage, and the foolish will be servant to the wise-hearted.

No man will make himself safe through evil-doing; but the root of upright men will never be moved.

A man will be praised in the measure of his wisdom, but a wrong-minded man will be looked down on.

He who does work on his land will not be short of bread; but he who goes after foolish men is without sense.

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.

A foolish man lets his trouble be openly seen, but a sharp man keeps shame secret.

No trouble will come to upright men, but sinners will be full of evil.

False lips are hated by the Lord, but those whose acts are true are his delight.

The hand of the ready worker will have authority, but he who is slow in his work will be put to forced work.

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

Righteousness keeps safe him whose way is without error, but evil-doers are overturned by sin.

A man may be acting as if he had wealth, but have nothing; another may seem poor, but have great wealth.

There is a glad dawn for the upright man, but the light of the sinner will be put out.

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

He who makes sport of the word will come to destruction, but the respecter of the law will be rewarded.

Need and shame will be the fate of him who is uncontrolled by training; but he who takes note of teaching will be honoured.

Go with wise men and be wise: but he who keeps company with the foolish will be broken.

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

There is much food in the ploughed land of the poor; but it is taken away by wrongdoing.

The upright man has food to the full measure of his desire, but there will be no food for the stomach of evil-doers.

The house of the sinner will be overturned, but the tent of the upright man will do well.

Even while laughing the heart may be sad; and after joy comes sorrow.

The poor man is hated even by his neighbour, but the man of wealth has numbers of friends.

The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, by which one may be turned from the nets of death.

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

By righteousness a nation is lifted up, but sin is a cause of shame to the peoples.

By a soft answer wrath is turned away, but a bitter word is a cause of angry feelings.

There is bitter punishment for him who is turned from the way; and death will be the fate of the hater of teaching.

A glad heart makes a shining face, but by the sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.

Where there are no wise suggestions, purposes come to nothing; but by a number of wise guides they are made certain.

The house of the man of pride will be uprooted by the Lord, but he will make safe the heritage of the widow.

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

Put your works into the hands of the Lord, and your purposes will be made certain.

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

When a man's ways are pleasing to the Lord, he makes even his haters be at peace with him.

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

The highway of the upright is to be turned away from evil: he who takes care of his way will keep his soul.

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

He who is slow to be angry is better than a man of war, and he who has control over his spirit than he who takes a town.

A thing may be put to the decision of chance, but it comes about through the Lord.

Fair words are not to be looked for from a foolish man, much less are false lips in a ruler.

An uncontrolled man is only looking for trouble, so a cruel servant will be sent against him.

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

The spirit of a man will be his support when he is ill; but how may a broken spirit be lifted up?

The man who first puts his cause before the judge seems to be in the right; but then his neighbour comes and puts his cause in its true light.

With the fruit of a man's mouth his stomach will be full; the produce of his lips will be his in full measure.

There are friends who may be a man's destruction, but there is a lover who keeps nearer than a brother.

By his foolish behaviour a man's ways are turned upside down, and his heart is bitter against the Lord.

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.

He who keeps the law keeps his soul; but death will be the fate of him who takes no note of the word.

Give your son training while there is hope; let not your heart be purposing his death.

Let your ear be open to suggestion and take teaching, so that at the end you may be wise.

A man's heart may be full of designs, but the purpose of the Lord is unchanging.

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.

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.

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

Even a child may be judged by his doings, if his work is free from sin and if it is right.

Do not be a lover of sleep, or you will become poor: keep your eyes open, and you will have bread enough.

Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but after, his mouth will be full of sand.

Every purpose is put into effect by wise help: and by wise guiding make war.

If anyone puts a curse on his father or his mother, his light will be put out in the blackest night.

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

Do not say, I will give punishment for evil: go on waiting for the Lord, and he will be your saviour.

It is a danger to a man to say without thought, It is holy, and, after taking his oaths, to be questioning if it is necessary to keep them.

By the wounds of the rod evil is taken away, and blows make clean the deepest parts of the body.

The king's heart in the hands of the Lord is like the water streams, and by him it is turned in any direction at his pleasure.

The purposes of the man of industry have their outcome only in wealth; but one who is over-quick in acting will only come to be in need.

He who gets stores of wealth by a false tongue, is going after what is only breath, and searching for death.

By their violent acts the evil-doers will be pulled away, because they have no desire to do what is right.

It is better to be living in an angle of the house-top, than with a bitter-tongued woman in a wide house.

When the man of pride undergoes punishment, the simple man gets wisdom; and by watching the wise he gets knowledge.

The Upright One, looking on the house of the evil-doer, lets sinners be overturned to their destruction.

By a secret offering wrath is turned away, and the heat of angry feelings by money in the folds of the robe.