| A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones. | A merry heart does good, like medicine, But a broken spirit dries the bones. |
| The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is the slave of the lender. | The rich rules over the poor, And the borrower is servant to the lender. |
| Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues with injustice. | Better is a little with righteousness, Than vast revenues without justice. |
| Let your eyes look directly forward, and your gaze be straight before you. | Let your eyes look straight ahead, And your eyelids look right before you. |
| Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs the heart. | Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, But the Lord weighs the hearts. |
| The reward for humility and fear of the Lord is riches and honor and life. | By humility and the fear of the Lord Are riches and honor and life. |
| Open your mouth, judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor and needy. | Open your mouth, judge righteously, And plead the cause of the poor and needy. |
| There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death. | There is a way that seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death. |
| A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it breaks the spirit. | A wholesome tongue is a tree of life, But perverseness in it breaks the spirit. |
| The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom, and whatever you get, get insight. | Wisdom is the principal thing; Therefore get wisdom. And in all your getting, get understanding. |
| The vexation of a fool is known at once, but the prudent ignores an insult. | A fool’s wrath is known at once, But a prudent man covers shame. |
| A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother. | A wise son makes a glad father, But a foolish son is the grief of his mother. |
| A fool gives full vent to his spirit, but a wise man quietly holds it back. | A fool vents all his feelings, But a wise man holds them back. |
| Honor the Lord with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your produce. | Honor the Lord with your possessions, And with the firstfruits of all your increase. |
| Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid. | Whoever loves instruction loves knowledge, But he who hates correction is stupid. |
| Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life. | Hope deferred makes the heart sick, But when the desire comes, it is a tree of life. |
| My son, keep your father's commandment, and forsake not your mother's teaching. | My son, keep your father’s command, And do not forsake the law of your mother. |
| To make an apt answer is a joy to a man, and a word in season, how good it is! | A man has joy by the answer of his mouth, And a word spoken in due season, how good it is! |
| Before destruction a man's heart is haughty, but humility comes before honor. | Before destruction the heart of a man is haughty, And before honor is humility. |
| A fool takes no pleasure in understanding, but only in expressing his opinion. | A fool has no delight in understanding, But in expressing his own heart. |
| Then you will understand righteousness and justice and equity, every good path. | Then you will understand righteousness and justice, Equity and every good path. |
| Fine speech is not becoming to a fool; still less is false speech to a prince. | Excellent speech is not becoming to a fool, Much less lying lips to a prince. |
| It is a snare to say rashly, “It is holy,” and to reflect only after making vows. | It is a snare for a man to devote rashly something as holy, And afterward to reconsider his vows. |
| The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot. | The memory of the righteous is blessed, But the name of the wicked will rot. |
| A fool despises his father's instruction, but whoever heeds reproof is prudent. | A fool despises his father’s instruction, But he who receives correction is prudent. |
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