| 1 | The wisdom of the humble shall exalt his head, and shall make him sit in the midst of great men. |
| 2 | Praise not a man for his beauty, neither despise a man for his look. |
| 3 | The bee is small among flying things, but her fruit hath the chiefest sweetness. |
| 4 | Glory not in apparel at any time, and be not exalted in the day of thy honour: for the works of the Highest only are wonderful, and his works are glorious, and secret, and hidden. |
| 5 | Many tyrants have sat on the throne, and he whom no man would think on, hath worn the crown. |
| 6 | Many mighty men have been greatly brought down, and the glorious have been delivered into the hand of others. |
| 7 | Before thou inquire, blame no man: and when thou hast inquired, reprove justly. |
| 8 | Before thou hear, answer not a word: and interrupt not others in the midst of their discourse. |
| 9 | Strive not in a matter which doth not concern thee, and sit not in judgment with sinners. |
| 10 | My son, meddle not with many matters: and if thou be rich, thou shalt not be free from sin: for if thou pursue after thou shalt not overtake: and if thou run before thou shalt not escape. |
| 11 | There is an ungodly man that laboureth, and maketh haste, and is in sorrow, and is so much the more in want. |
| 12 | Again, there is an inactive man that wanteth help, is very weak in ability, and full of poverty: |
| 13 | Yet the eye of God hath looked upon him for good, and hath lifted him up from his low estate, and hath exalted his head: and many have wondered at him, and have glorified God. |
| 14 | Good things and evil, life and death, poverty and riches, are from God. |
| 15 | Wisdom and discipline, and the knowledge of the law are with God. Love and the ways of good things are with him. |
| 16 | Error and darkness are created with sinners: and they that glory in evil things, grow old in evil. |
| 17 | The gift of God abideth with the just, and his advancement shall have success for ever. |
| 18 | There is one that is enriched by living sparingly, and this is the portion of his reward. |
| 19 | In that he saith: I have found me rest, and now I will eat of my goods alone: |
| 20 | And he knoweth not what time shall pass, and that death approacheth, and that he must leave all to others, and shall die. |
| 21 | Be steadfast in thy covenant, and be conversant therein, and grow old in the work of thy commandments. |
| 22 | Abide not in the works of sinners. But trust in God, and stay in thy place. |
| 23 | For it is easy in the eyes of God on a sudden to make the poor man rich. |
| 24 | The blessing of God maketh haste to reward the just, and in a swift hour his blessing beareth fruit. |
| 25 | Say not: What need I, and what good shall I have by this? |
| 26 | Say not: I am sufficient for myself: and what shall I be made worse by this? |
| 27 | In the day of good things be not unmindful of evils: and in the day of evils be not unmindful of good things: |
| 28 | For it is easy before God in the day of death to reward every one according to his ways. |
| 29 | The affliction of an hour maketh one forget great delights, and in the end of a man is the disclosing of his works. |
| 30 | Praise not any man before death, for a man is known by his children. |
| 31 | Bring not every man into thy house: for many are the snares of the deceitful. |
| 32 | For as corrupted bowels send forth stinking breath, and as the partridge is brought into the cage, and as the roe into the snare: so also is the heart of the proud, and as a spy that looketh on the fall of his neighbour. |
| 33 | For he lieth in wait and turneth good into evil, and on the elect he will lay a blot. |
| 34 | Of one spark cometh a great fire, and of one deceitful man much blood: and a sinful man lieth in wait for blood. |
| 35 | Take heed to thyself of a mischievous man, for he worketh evils: lest he bring upon thee reproach for ever. |
| 36 | Receive a stranger in, and he shall overthrow thee with a whirlwind, and shall turn thee out of thy own. |
