| 1 | It is a luxurious thing, wine, and inebriation is tumultuous. Anyone who is delighted by this will not be wise. |
| 2 | Just like the roaring of a lion, so also is the dread of a king. Whoever provokes him sins in his own soul. |
| 3 | Honor is for the man who separates himself from contentions. But all the foolish meddle in altercations. |
| 4 | Because of the cold, the lazy one was not willing to plough. Therefore, in the summer, he will beg, and it will not be given to him. |
| 5 | Counsel in the heart of a man is like deep waters. But a wise man will draw it out. |
| 6 | Many men are called merciful. But who will find a faithful man? |
| 7 | The just who walks in his simplicity shall leave behind him blessed sons. |
| 8 | The king who sits on the throne of judgment scatters all evil with his gaze. |
| 9 | Who is able to say: "My heart is clean. I am pure from sin?" |
| 10 | Diverse weights, diverse measures: both are abominable with God. |
| 11 | A child may be understood by his interests: whether his works may be clean and upright. |
| 12 | The hearing ear and the seeing eye: the Lord has made them both. |
| 13 | Do not love sleep, lest deprivation oppress you. Open your eyes and be satisfied with bread. |
| 14 | "It is bad, it is bad," says every buyer; and when he has withdrawn, then he will boast. |
| 15 | There is gold, and there are a multitude of jewels. But lips of knowledge are a precious vessel. |
| 16 | Take away the vestments of him who stands up to vouch for a stranger, and take a pledge from him instead of from outsiders. |
| 17 | The bread of lies is sweet to a man. But afterwards, his mouth will be filled with pebbles. |
| 18 | Plans are strengthened by counsels. And wars are to be handled by governments. |
| 19 | Do not become involved with him who reveals mysteries, and who walks deceitfully, and who enlarges his lips. |
| 20 | Whoever curses his father and mother, his lamp will be extinguished in the midst of darkness. |
| 21 | When an inheritance is obtained hastily in the beginning, in the end it will be without a blessing. |
| 22 | Do not say, "I will repay evil." Wait for the Lord, and he will free you. |
| 23 | Diverse weights are an abomination with the Lord. A deceitful balance is not good. |
| 24 | The steps of men are directed by the Lord. But who is the man able to understand his own way? |
| 25 | It is ruin for a man to devour what is holy, or, after making vows, to retract them. |
| 26 | A wise king scatters the impious and bends an archway over them. |
| 27 | The spirit of a man is a lamp to the Lord, which investigates all the secrets of the inner self. |
| 28 | Mercy and truth guard the king, and his throne is strengthened by clemency. |
| 29 | The joy of youths is their strength. And the dignity of old men is their grey hairs. |
| 30 | The bruise of a wound, as well as scourges, shall wipe away evils in the more secret places of the inner self. |
