¹A wise son heeds his father’s instruction,[#Pr 10:1; 15:20]

but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.

²A man will eat well by the fruit of his words,[#Pr 1:31; 12:14]

but the soul of the unfaithful desires violence.

³He who guards his mouth preserves his life,[#Pr 21:23]

but he who opens wide his lips will come to ruin.

⁴The soul of the sluggard desires and gets nothing,

but the soul of the diligent will be made fat.

⁵A righteous man hates lying,[#Col 3:9]

but a wicked man brings shame and disgrace.

⁶Righteousness guards him whose way is upright,

but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

⁷One man pretends to be rich, yet has nothing;

another man pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.

⁸The ransom of a man’s life is his wealth,

but a poor man hears no threat.

⁹The light of the righteous shines brightly,

but the lamp of the wicked will be put out.

¹⁰By pride comes only contention,

but with the teachable is wisdom.

¹¹Wealth gained by fraud will dwindle,[#Pr 10:2; 20:21]

but he who gathers by hand will increase it.

¹²Hope deferred makes the heart sick,

but the desire fulfilled is a tree of life.

¹³He who despises instruction will be destroyed,[#Nu 15:31; 2Ch 36:16]

but he who respects a commandment will be rewarded.

¹⁴The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life,[#Pr 10:11; 14:27]

to turn a man away from the snares of death.

¹⁵Good understanding gives favor,[#Pr 3:4; Lk 2:52]

but the way of traitors is their destruction.

¹⁶Every prudent man acts with knowledge,

but a fool displays his folly.

¹⁷A wicked messenger falls into trouble,

but a faithful envoy brings healing.

¹⁸Poverty and shame will come to him who disdains instruction,

but he who heeds reproof will be honored.

¹⁹The desire fulfilled is sweet to the soul,

but it is an abomination to fools to depart from evil.

²⁰He who walks with wise men will be wise,

but a companion of fools will suffer evil.

²¹Disaster pursues sinners,[#Ps 32:10]

but prosperity is the reward of the righteous.

²²A good man leaves an inheritance to his sons’ children,

but the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the righteous.

²³Much food is in the fallow ground of the poor,[#Pr 12:11]

but by injustice it is swept away.

²⁴He who spares his rod hates his son,

but he who loves him disciplines him diligently.

²⁵The righteous eats to the satisfying of his soul,

but the stomach of the wicked will suffer want.