1 ¶ A wise son makes a glad father; but a foolish son is sadness unto his mother.

2 ¶ Treasures of wickedness profit nothing, but righteousness delivers from death.

3 T he LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish, but wickedness shall cast out the wicked.

4 ¶ He that deals with a slack hand becomes poor, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.

5 ¶ He that gathers in summer is a wise son, but he that sleeps in harvest is a son that causes shame.

6 ¶ Blessings are upon the head of the just, but the mouth of the wicked covers violence.

7 ¶ The memory of the just is blessed, but the name of the wicked shall stink.

8 ¶ The wise in heart will receive the commandments, but he who speaks foolishness shall fall.

9 ¶ He that walks in integrity walks securely, but he that perverts his ways shall be broken.

10 ¶ He that winks with the eye causes sorrow, and he that speaks foolishness shall fall.

11 ¶ The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life, but the mouth of the wicked covers violence.

12 ¶ Hatred stirs up strifes, but love covers all sins.

13 ¶ In the lips of the prudent wisdom is found and is a rod unto the back of him that is void of understanding.

14 ¶ Wise men keep knowledge, but the mouth of the foolish is near unto calamity.

15 ¶ The rich man’s wealth is his strong city; the weakness of the poor is their poverty.

16 ¶ The work of the righteous is unto life, but the fruit of the wicked is for sin.

17 ¶ He is in the way of life that gives heed to chastening, but he that refuses reproof errs.

18 ¶ He that hides hatred has lying lips, and he that utters a slander, is a fool.

19 ¶ In the multitude of words there is no lack of rebellion, but he that refrains his lips is wise.

20 ¶ The tongue of the just is as choice silver, but the understanding of the wicked is worth little.

21 T he lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of wisdom.

22 ¶ The blessing of the LORD is that which makes rich, and he adds no sorrow with it.

23 ¶ To make an abomination is as sport to the fool, but wisdom is recreation to the man of intelligence.

24 ¶ The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him, but God shall grant the desire of the righteous.

25 W hen the whirlwind passes, the wicked is no more, but the righteous is founded for ever.

26 ¶ As vinegar to the teeth and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to those that send him.

27 ¶ The fear of the LORD shall prolong days, but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.

28 T he hope of the righteous is joy, but the hope of the wicked shall perish.

29 ¶ The way of the LORD is strength to the perfect, but it is terror to the workers of iniquity.

30 T he righteous eternally shall never be removed, but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.

31 ¶ The mouth of the just shall bring forth wisdom, but the perverse tongue shall be cut out.

32 T he lips of the righteous shall know the will of God, but the mouth of the wicked speaks perversion.