^[1]  Every wise woman builds her house: but the foolish plucks it down with her hands.

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^[2]  He that walks in his uprightness fears the LORD: but he that is perverse in his ways despises him.

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^[3]  In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.

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^[4]  Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the strength of the ox.

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^[5]  A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.

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^[6]  A scorner seeks wisdom, and finds it not: but knowledge is easy to him that understands.

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^[7]  Go from the presence of a foolish man, when you perceive not in him the lips of knowledge.

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^[8]  The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.

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^[9]  Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favor.

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^[10]  The heart knows his own bitterness; and a stranger does not intermeddle with his joy.

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^[11]  The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.

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^[12]  There is a way which seems right to a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

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^[13]  Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.

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^[14]  The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.

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^[15]  The simple believes every word: but the prudent man looks well to his going.

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^[16]  A wise man fears, and departs from evil: but the fool rages, and is confident.

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^[17]  He that is soon angry deals foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.

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^[18]  The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

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^[19]  The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

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^[20]  The poor is hated even of his own neighbor: but the rich has many friends.

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^[21]  He that despises his neighbor sins: but he that has mercy on the poor, happy is he.

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^[22]  Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.

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^[23]  In all labor there is profit: but the talk of the lips tends only to penury.

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^[24]  The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.

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^[25]  A true witness delivers souls: but a deceitful witness speaks lies.

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^[26]  In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.

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^[27]  The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

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^[28]  In the multitude of people is the king’s honor: but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.

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^[29]  He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalts folly.

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^[30]  A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.

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^[31]  He that oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker: but he that honors him has mercy on the poor.

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^[32]  The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous has hope in his death.

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^[33]  Wisdom rests in the heart of him that has understanding: but that which is in the middle of fools is made known.

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^[34]  Righteousness exalts a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.

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^[35]  The king’s favor is toward a wise servant: but his wrath is against him that causes shame.

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