¹aBetter is a poor person who bwalks in his integrity

than one who is crooked in speech and is a fool.

²Desire1 without knowledge is not good,

and whoever cmakes haste with his feet misses his way.

³When a man's folly dbrings his way to ruin,

his heart erages against the Lord.

⁴fWealth brings many new friends,

fbut a poor man is deserted by his friend.

⁵gA false witness will not go unpunished,

and he who hbreathes out lies will not escape.

⁶Many seek the favor of a generous man,2

and everyone is a friend to a man who gives igifts.

⁷jAll a poor man's brothers hate him;

khow much more do his friends go far from him!

He pursues them with words, but does not have them.3

⁸lWhoever gets sense loves his own soul;

he who keeps understanding will mdiscover good.

⁹gA false witness will not go unpunished,

and he who hbreathes out lies will perish.

¹⁰nIt is not fitting for a fool to live in luxury,

much less for oa slave to rule over princes.

¹¹pGood sense makes one slow to anger,

and it is his glory to overlook an offense.

¹²A king's wrath is like qthe growling of a lion,

but his rfavor is like sdew on the grass.

¹³tA foolish son is ruin to his father,

and ua wife's quarreling is va continual dripping of rain.

¹⁴wHouse and wealth are inherited from fathers,

but a prudent wife is xfrom the Lord.

¹⁵ySlothfulness casts into za deep sleep,

and aan idle person will suffer hunger.

¹⁶Whoever bkeeps the commandment keeps his life;

he who despises his ways will die.

¹⁷cWhoever is generous to the poor lends to the Lord,

and he dwill repay him for his edeed.

¹⁸fDiscipline your son, for there is hope;

do not set your heart on gputting him to death.

¹⁹A man of great wrath will pay the penalty,

for if you deliver him, you will only have to do it again.

²⁰Listen to advice and accept instruction,

that you may gain wisdom in hthe future.

²¹iMany are the plans in the mind of a man,

but jit is the purpose of the Lord kthat will stand.

²²What is desired in a man is steadfast love,

and a poor man is better than a liar.

²³The fear of the Lord lleads to life,

and whoever has it rests msatisfied;

he will nnot be visited by harm.

²⁴oThe sluggard buries his hand in pthe dish

and will not even bring it back to his mouth.

²⁵qStrike ra scoffer, and the simple will slearn prudence;

treprove a man of understanding, and he will gain knowledge.

²⁶He who does violence to his father and chases away his mother

is ua son who brings shame and reproach.

²⁷Cease to hear instruction, my son,

vand you will stray from the words of knowledge.

²⁸A worthless witness mocks at justice,

and the mouth of the wicked wdevours iniquity.

²⁹Condemnation is ready for rscoffers,

and xbeating for the backs of fools.