1A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is an heaviness to his mother.
2The treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.
3The Lord will not famish the soul of the righteous: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.
4A slothful hand maketh poor: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
5He that gathereth in summer, is the son of wisdom: but he that sleepeth in harvest, is the son of confusion.
6Blessings are upon the head of the righteous: but iniquity shall cover the mouth of the wicked.
7The memorial of the just shall be blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
8The wise in heart will receive commandments: but the foolish in talk shall be beaten.
9He that walketh uprightly, walketh boldly: but he that perverteth his ways, shall be known.
10He that winketh with the eye, worketh sorrow, and he that is foolish in talk, shall be beaten.
11The mouth of a righteous man is a wellspring of life: but iniquity covereth the mouth of the wicked.
12Hatred stirreth up contentions: but love covereth all trespasses.
13In the lips of him that hath understanding, wisdom is found, and a rod shall be for the back of him that is destitute of wisdom.
14Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the fool is a present destruction.
15The rich man’s goods are his strong city: but the fear of the needy is their poverty.
16The labor of the righteous tendeth to life: but the revenues of the wicked to sin.
17He that regardeth instruction is in the way of life: but he that refuseth correction, goeth out of the way.
18He that dissembleth hatred with lying lips, and he that inventeth slander, is a fool.
19In many words there cannot want iniquity: but he that refraineth his lips, is wise:
20The tongue of the just man is as fined silver: but the heart of the wicked is little worth.
21The lips of the righteous do feed many: but fools shall die for want of wisdom.
22The blessing of the Lord, it maketh rich, and he doth add no sorrows with it.
23It is a pastime to a fool to do wickedly: but wisdom is understanding to a man.
24That which the wicked feareth, shall come upon him: but God will grant the desire of the righteous.
25As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is as an everlasting foundation.
26As vinegar is to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the slothful to them that send him.
27The fear of the Lord increaseth the days: but the years of the wicked shall be diminished.
28The patient abiding of the righteous shall be gladness: but the hope of the wicked shall perish.
29The way of the Lord is strength to the upright man: but fear shall be for the workers of iniquity.
30The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not dwell in the land.
31The mouth of the just shall be fruitful in wisdom: but the tongue of the froward shall be cut out.
32The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh froward things.