A wise person is cautious and turns from evil, but a fool throws off restraint and is overconfident.

Folly is a joy to one who lacks sense, but one who has understanding follows an upright course.

The one who is greedy for gain troubles his household, but whoever hates bribes will live.

A bright look brings joy to the heart, and good news gives health to the body.

Honest scales and balances are from the Lord; all the weights in the bag are his handiwork.

The one who deals wisely in a matter will find success, and blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord.

Insight is like a life-giving fountain to the one who possesses it, but folly leads to the discipline of fools.

The one who winks his eyes devises perverse things, and one who compresses his lips brings about evil.

Better is a dry crust of bread where there is quietness than a house full of feasting with strife.

The one who mocks the poor insults his Creator; whoever rejoices over disaster will not go unpunished.

The one who has a perverse heart does not find good, and the one who is deceitful in speech falls into trouble.

From the fruit of a person’s mouth his stomach is satisfied, with the product of his lips is he satisfied.

If you stop listening to instruction, my child, you will stray from the words of knowledge.

It is an honor for a person to cease from strife, but every fool quarrels.

The one who curses his father and his mother, his lamp will be extinguished in the blackest darkness.

A wise king separates out the wicked; he turns the threshing wheel over them.

The appetite of the wicked desires evil; his neighbor is shown no favor in his eyes.

The one who loves a pure heart and whose speech is gracious – the king will be his friend.

The one who oppresses the poor to increase his own gain and the one who gives to the rich – both end up only in poverty.

because drunkards and gluttons become impoverished, and drowsiness clothes them with rags.