| 1 | Have they made thee ruler? be not lifted up: be among them as one of them. |
| 2 | Have care of them, and so sit down, and when thou hast acquitted thyself of all thy charge, take thy place: |
| 3 | That thou mayst rejoice for them, and receive a crown as an ornament of grace, and get the honour of the contribution. |
| 4 | Speak, thou that art elder: for it becometh thee, |
| 5 | To speak the first word with care knowledge, and hinder not music. |
| 6 | Where there is no hearing, pour out words, and be not lifted up out season with thy wisdom. |
| 7 | A concert of music in a banquet wine is as a carbuncle set in gold. |
| 8 | As a signet of an emerald in a work of gold: so is the melody of music with pleasant and moderate wine. |
| 9 | Hear in silence, and for thy reverence good grace shall come to thee. |
| 10 | Young man, scarcely speak in thy own cause. |
| 11 | If thou be asked twice, let thy answer be short. |
| 12 | In many things be as if thou wert ignorant, and hear in silence and withal seeking. |
| 13 | In the company of great men bake not upon thee: and when the ancients are present, speak not much. |
| 14 | Before a storm goeth lightning: and before shamefacedness goeth favour: and for thy reverence good grace shall come to thee. |
| 15 | And at the time of rising be not slack: but be first to run home to thy house, and there withdraw thyself, and there take thy pastime. |
| 16 | And do what thou hast a mind, but not in sin or proud speech. |
| 17 | And for all these things bless the Lord, that made thee, and that replenisheth thee with all his good things. |
| 18 | He that feareth the Lord, will receive his discipline: and they that will seek him early, shall find a blessing. |
| 19 | He that seeketh the law, shall be filled with it: and he that dealeth deceitfully, shall meet with a stumblingblock therein. |
| 20 | They that fear the Lord, shall find just judgment, and shall kindle justice as a light. |
| 21 | A sinful man will flee reproof, and will find an excuse according to his will. |
| 22 | A man of counsel will not neglect understanding, a strange and proud man will not dread fear: |
| 23 | Even after he hath done with fear without counsel, he shall be controlled by the things of his own seeking. |
| 24 | My son, do thou nothing without counsel, and thou shalt not repent when thou hast done. |
| 25 | Go not in the way of ruin, and thou shalt not stumble against the stones; trust not thyself to a rugged may, lest thou set a stumblingblock to thy soul. |
| 26 | And beware of thy own children, and take heed of them of thy household. |
| 27 | In every work of thine regard thy soul in faith: for this is the keeping of the commandments. |
| 28 | He that believeth God, taketh heed to the commandments: and he that trusteth in him, shall fare never the worse. |
