Excessive speech is not becoming for a fool; how much less are lies for a ruler!

Luxury is not appropriate for a fool; how much less for a servant to rule over princes!

Discipline your child, for there is hope, but do not set your heart on causing his death.

A person with great anger bears the penalty, but if you deliver him from it once, you will have to do it again.

Train a child in the way that he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.

Do not exploit a poor person because he is poor and do not crush the needy in court,

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

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.

Eat honey, my child, for it is good, and honey from the honeycomb is sweet to your taste.

for it is better for him to say to you, “Come up here,” than to put you lower before a prince, whom your eyes have seen.

for you will heap coals of fire on his head, and the Lord will reward you.

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

The stingy person hastens after riches and does not know that poverty will overtake him.

She is not afraid of the snow for her household, for all of her household are clothed with scarlet.

For with great wisdom comes great frustration; whoever increases his knowledge merely increases his heartache.

What does a man acquire from all his labor and from the anxiety that accompanies his toil on earth?

Just as dreams come when there are many cares, so the rash vow of a fool occurs when there are many words.

So what advantage does a wise man have over a fool? And what advantage does a pauper gain by knowing how to survive?