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.

The king's wrath is like the loud cry of a lion, but his approval is like dew on the grass.

He who has pity on the poor gives to the Lord, and the Lord will give him his reward.

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.

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

The hater of work puts his hand deep into the basin, and will not even take it to his mouth 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.

He who is violent to his father, driving away his mother, is a son causing shame and a bad name.

A son who no longer gives attention to teaching is turned away from the words of knowledge.

Wine makes men foolish, and strong drink makes men come to blows; and whoever comes into error through these is not wise.

It is an honour for a man to keep from fighting, but the foolish are ever at war.

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?

A king on the seat of judging puts to flight all evil with his eyes.

Who is able to say, I have made my heart clean, I am free from my sin?

Unequal weights and unequal measures, they are all disgusting to the Lord.

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.

He who goes about talking of the business of others gives away secrets: so have nothing to do with him whose lips are open wide.

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

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

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.

A wise king puts evil-doers to flight, and makes their evil-doing come back on them.

Every way of a man seems right to himself, but the Lord is the tester of hearts.

To do what is right and true is more pleasing to the Lord than an offering.

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.

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.

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

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

It is a joy to the good man to do right, but it is destruction to the workers of evil.

It is better to be living in a waste land, than with a bitter-tongued and angry woman.

The desire of the hater of work is death to him, for his hands will do no work.

All the day the sinner goes after his desire: but the upright man gives freely, keeping nothing back.

The evil-doer makes his face hard, but as for the upright, he gives thought to his way.

The horse is made ready for the day of war, but power to overcome is from the Lord.

A good name is more to be desired than great wealth, and to be respected is better than silver and gold.

The man of wealth and the poor man come face to face: the Lord is the maker of them all.

The man of wealth has rule over the poor, and he who gets into debt is a servant to his creditor.

He who is kind will have a blessing, for he gives of his bread to the poor.

Send away the man of pride, and argument will go out; truly fighting and shame will come to an end.

He whose heart is clean is dear to the Lord; for the grace of his lips the king will be his friend.

The hater of work says, There is a lion outside: I will be put to death in the streets.

He who is cruel to the poor for the purpose of increasing his profit, and he who gives to the man of wealth, will only come to be in need.

Let your ear be bent down for hearing my words, and let your heart give thought to knowledge.

For it is a delight to keep them in your heart, to have them ready on your lips.

So that your faith may be in the Lord, I have made them clear to you this day, even to you.

To make you see how certain are true words, so that you may give a true answer to those who put questions to you?

Do not take away the property of the poor man because he is poor, or be cruel to the crushed ones when they come before the judge:

For the Lord will give support to their cause, and take the life of those who take their goods.

Do not be friends with a man who is given to wrath; do not go in the company of an angry man:

If you have nothing with which to make payment, he will take away your bed from under you.

When you take your seat at the feast with a ruler, give thought with care to what is before you;

And put a knife to your throat, if you have a strong desire for food.

Take no care to get wealth; let there be an end to your desire for money

Are your eyes lifted up to it? it is gone: for wealth takes to itself wings, like an eagle in flight up to heaven.

Do not take the food of him who has an evil eye, or have any desire for his delicate meat:

For as the thoughts of his heart are, so is he: Take food and drink, he says to you; but his heart is not with you.

Do not let the landmark of the widow be moved, and do not go into the fields of those who have no father;

Give your heart to teaching, and your ears to the words of knowledge.

Do not keep back training from the child: for even if you give him blows with the rod, it will not be death to him.

Have no envy of sinners in your heart, but keep in the fear of the Lord all through the day;

Do not be among those who give themselves to wine-drinking, or among those who make themselves full with meat:

For those who take delight in drink and feasting will come to be in need; and through love of sleep a man will be poorly clothed

Give ear to your father whose child you are, and do not keep honour from your mother when she is old.

Get for yourself that which is true, and do not let it go for money; get wisdom and teaching and good sense.

Have no envy for evil men, or any desire to be with them:

The purpose of the foolish is sin: and the hater of authority is disgusting to others.

If you give way in the day of trouble, your strength is small.

Be the saviour of those who are given up to death, and do not keep back help from those who are slipping to destruction.

If you say, See, we had no knowledge of this: does not the tester of hearts give thought to it? and he who keeps your soul, has he no knowledge of it? and will he not give to every man the reward of his work?

My son, take honey, for it is good; and the flowing honey, which is sweet to your taste:

Do not keep a secret watch, O evil-doer, against the fields of the upright man, or send destruction on his resting-place:

Do not be glad at the fall of your hater, and let not your heart have joy at his downfall:

Do not be troubled because of evil-doers, or have envy of sinners:

My son, go in fear of the Lord and the king: have nothing to do with those who are in high positions:

These are more sayings of the wise: To have respect for a person's position when judging is not good.

He who says to the evil-doer, You are upright, will be cursed by peoples and hated by nations.

But those who say sharp words to him will have delight, and a blessing of good will come on them.

Put your work in order outside, and make it ready in the field; and after that, see to the building of your house.

Do not be a violent witness against your neighbour, or let your lips say what is false.

Say not, I will do to him as he has done to me; I will give the man the reward of his work.

It is the glory of God to keep a thing secret: but the glory of kings is to have it searched out.

Do not take glory for yourself before the king, and do not put yourself in the place of the great:

For it is better to have it said to you, Come up here; than for you to be put down in a lower place before the ruler.

Do not be quick to go to law about what you have seen, for what will you do in the end, when your neighbour has put you to shame?

Have a talk with your neighbour himself about your cause, but do not give away the secret of another:

Like a nose-ring of gold and an ornament of the best gold, is a wise man who says sharp words to an ear ready to give attention.

As the cold of snow in the time of grain-cutting, so is a true servant to those who send him; for he gives new life to the soul of his master.

If you have honey, take only as much as is enough for you; for fear that, being full of it, you may not be able to keep it down.

Let not your foot be frequently in your neighbour's house, or he may get tired of you, and his feeling be turned to hate.

Like one who takes off clothing in cold weather and like acid on a wound, is he who makes melody to a sad heart.

As the north wind gives birth to rain, so is an angry face caused by a tongue saying evil secretly.

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

As cold water to a tired soul, so is good news from a far country.

Like a troubled fountain and a dirty spring, is an upright man who has to give way before evil-doers.

It is not good to take much honey: so he who is not looking for honour will be honoured.

Do not give to the foolish man a foolish answer, or you will be like him.

Give a foolish man a foolish answer, or he will seem wise to himself.