For the Lord disciplines those he loves, just as a father disciplines the son in whom he delights.

It is better to be lowly in spirit with the afflicted than to share the spoils with the proud.

When you sit down to eat with a ruler, consider carefully what is before you,

Honor the Lord from your wealth and from the first fruits of all your crops;

The wicked will be captured by his own iniquities, and he will be held by the cords of his own sin.

Yet if he is caught he must repay seven times over, he might even have to give all the wealth of his house.

Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” and call understanding a close relative,

rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth, and delighting in its people.

The one who associates with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.

The dice are thrown into the lap, but their every decision is from the Lord.

Wisdom is directly in front of the discerning person, but the eyes of a fool run to the ends of the earth.

for the Lord will plead their case and will rob those who are robbing them.

for their Protector is strong; he will plead their case against you.

When you argue a case with your neighbor, do not reveal the secret of another person,

Such are the ways of all who gain profit unjustly; it takes away the life of those who obtain it!

Do not be wise in your own estimation; fear the Lord and turn away from evil.

Do not make friends with an angry person, and do not associate with a wrathful person,

Do not eat the food of a stingy person, do not crave his delicacies;

Fear the Lord, my child, as well as the king, and do not associate with rebels,

so is a person who deceives his neighbor, and says, “Was I not only joking?”