| 1 | Every wise woman hath builded her house, And the foolish with her hands breaketh it down. |
| 2 | Whoso is walking in his uprightness is fearing Jehovah, And the perverted [in] his ways is despising Him. |
| 3 | In the mouth of a fool [is] a rod of pride, And the lips of the wise preserve them. |
| 4 | Without oxen a stall [is] clean, And great [is] the increase by the power of the ox. |
| 5 | A faithful witness lieth not, And a false witness breatheth out lies. |
| 6 | A scorner hath sought wisdom, and it is not, And knowledge to the intelligent [is] easy. |
| 7 | Go from before a foolish man, Or thou hast not known the lips of knowledge. |
| 8 | The wisdom of the prudent [is] to understand his way, And the folly of fools [is] deceit. |
| 9 | Fools mock at a guilt-offering, And among the upright—a pleasing thing. |
| 10 | The heart knoweth its own bitterness, And with its joy a stranger doth not intermeddle. |
| 11 | The house of the wicked is destroyed, And the tent of the upright flourisheth. |
| 12 | There is a way—right before a man, And its latter end [are] ways of death. |
| 13 | Even in laughter is the heart pained, And the latter end of joy [is] affliction. |
| 14 | From his ways is the backslider in heart filled, And a good man—from his fruits. |
| 15 | The simple giveth credence to everything, And the prudent attendeth to his step. |
| 16 | The wise is fearing and turning from evil, And a fool is transgressing and is confident. |
| 17 | Whoso is short of temper doth folly, And a man of wicked devices is hated. |
| 18 | The simple have inherited folly, And the prudent are crowned [with] knowledge. |
| 19 | The evil have bowed down before the good, And the wicked at the gates of the righteous. |
| 20 | Even of his neighbour is the poor hated, And those loving the rich [are] many. |
| 21 | Whoso is despising his neighbour sinneth, Whoso is favouring the humble, O his happiness. |
| 22 | Do not they err who are devising evil? And kindness and truth [are] to those devising good, |
| 23 | In all labour there is advantage, And a thing of the lips [is] only to want. |
| 24 | The crown of the wise is their wealth, The folly of fools [is] folly. |
| 25 | A true witness is delivering souls, And a deceitful one breatheth out lies. |
| 26 | In the fear of Jehovah [is] strong confidence, And to His sons there is a refuge. |
| 27 | The fear of Jehovah [is] a fountain of life, To turn aside from snares of death. |
| 28 | In the multitude of a people [is] the honour of a king, And in lack of people the ruin of a prince. |
| 29 | Whoso is slow to anger [is] of great understanding, And whoso is short in temper is exalting folly. |
| 30 | A healed heart [is] life to the flesh, And rottenness to the bones [is] envy. |
| 31 | An oppressor of the poor reproacheth his Maker, And whoso is honouring Him Is favouring the needy. |
| 32 | In his wickedness is the wicked driven away, And trustful in his death [is] the righteous. |
| 33 | In the heart of the intelligent wisdom doth rest. And in the midst of fools it is known. |
| 34 | Righteousness exalteth a nation, And the goodliness of peoples [is] a sin-offering. |
| 35 | The favour of a king [is] to a wise servant, And an object of his wrath is one causing shame! |