| Pride leads to disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom. | When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom. |
| Honesty guides good people; dishonesty destroys treacherous people. | The integrity of the upright guides them, but the unfaithful are destroyed by their duplicity. |
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| Riches won’t help on the day of judgment, but right living can save you from death. | Wealth is worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death. |
| With their words, the godless destroy their friends, but knowledge will rescue the righteous. | With their mouths the godless destroy their neighbors, but through knowledge the righteous escape. |
| A gossip goes around telling secrets, but those who are trustworthy can keep a confidence. | A gossip betrays a confidence, but a trustworthy person keeps a secret. |
| Evil people get rich for the moment, but the reward of the godly will last. | A wicked person earns deceptive wages, but the one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward. |
| The generous will prosper; those who refresh others will themselves be refreshed. | A generous person will prosper; whoever refreshes others will be refreshed. |
