Do not love sleep, lest you become impoverished; open your eyes so that you might be satisfied with food.

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

Do not withhold discipline from a child; even if you strike him with the rod, he will not die.

Do not let your heart envy sinners, but rather be zealous in fearing the Lord all the time.

Listen to your father who begot you, and do not despise your mother when she is old.

Do not look on the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly.

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

Do not say, “I will do to him just as he has done to me; I will pay him back according to what he has done.”

Do not go out hastily to litigation, or what will you do afterward when your neighbor puts you to shame?

Do not answer a fool according to his folly, lest you yourself also be like him.

When he speaks graciously, do not believe him, for there are seven abominations within him.

Do not boast about tomorrow; for you do not know what a day may bring forth.

The one who is tormented by the murder of another will flee to the pit; let no one support him.

Remove falsehood and lies far from me; do not give me poverty or riches, feed me with my allotted portion of bread,