✧Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his lips and is a fool. ✧2It isn’t good to have zeal without knowledge, nor to be hasty with one’s feet and miss the way. ✧3The foolishness of man subverts his way; his heart rages against the LORD. ✧4Wealth adds many friends, but the poor is separated from his friend. ✧5A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who pours out lies shall not go free. ✧6Many will entreat the favor of a ruler, and everyone is a friend to a man who gives gifts. ✧7All the relatives of the poor shun him; how much more do his friends avoid him! He pursues them with pleas, but they are gone. ✧8He who gets wisdom loves his own soul. He who keeps understanding shall find good. ✧9A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who utters lies shall perish. ✧10Delicate living is not appropriate for a fool, much less for a servant to have rule over princes. ✧11The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger. It is his glory to overlook an offense. ✧12The king’s wrath is like the roaring of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass. ✧13A foolish son is the calamity of his father. A wife’s quarrels are a continual dripping. ✧14House and riches are an inheritance from fathers, but a prudent wife is from the LORD. ✧15Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep. The idle soul shall suffer hunger. ✧16He who keeps the commandment keeps his soul, but he who is contemptuous in his ways shall die. ✧17He who has pity on the poor lends to the LORD; he will reward him. ✧18Discipline your son, for there is hope; don’t be a willing party to his death. ✧19A hot-tempered man must pay the penalty, for if you rescue him, you must do it again. ✧20Listen to counsel and receive instruction, that you may be wise in your latter end. ✧21There are many plans in a man’s heart, but the LORD’s counsel will prevail. ✧22That which makes a man to be desired is his kindness. A poor man is better than a liar. ✧23The fear of the LORD leads to life, then contentment; he rests and will not be touched by trouble. ✧24The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; he will not so much as bring it to his mouth again. ✧25Flog a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; rebuke one who has understanding, and he will gain knowledge. ✧26He who robs his father and drives away his mother is a son who causes shame and brings reproach. ✧27If you stop listening to instruction, my son, you will stray from the words of knowledge. ✧28A corrupt witness mocks justice, and the mouth of the wicked gulps down iniquity. ✧29Penalties are prepared for scoffers, and beatings for the backs of fools.