Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool. |
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Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth. |
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Many will intreat the favour of the prince: and every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts. |
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All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do his friends go far from him? he pursueth them with words, yet they are wanting to him. |
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The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression. |
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A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping. |
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He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; but he that despiseth his ways shall die. |
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He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again. |
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A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if thou deliver him, yet thou must do it again. |
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There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand. |
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The fear of the LORD tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil. |
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A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again. |
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Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge. |
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He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach. |