| 1) | Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife. |
| 2) | A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren. |
| 3) | The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts. |
| 4) | A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue. |
| 5) | Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished. |
| 6) | Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers. |
| 7) | Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince. |
| 8) | A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth. |
| 9) | He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends. |
| 10) | A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool. |
| 11) | An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him. |
| 12) | Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly. |
| 13) | Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house. |
| 14) | The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with. |
| 15) | He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD. |
| 16) | Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it? |
| 17) | A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. |
| 18) | A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend. |
| 19) | He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction. |
| 20) | He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief. |
| 21) | He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy. |
| 22) | A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones. |
| 23) | A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment. |
| 24) | Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth. |
| 25) | A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him. |
| 26) | Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity. |
| 27) | He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit. |
| 28) | Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding. |