| Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established. | Commit thy works unto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be established. |
| Happy are those who find wisdom, and those who get understanding. | Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding. |
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| Lying lips conceal hatred, and whoever utters slander is a fool. | He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool. |
| For whoever finds me finds life and obtains favor from the Lord. | For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the Lord. |
| Train children in the right way, and when old, they will not stray. | Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. |
| In all toil there is profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty. | In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury. |
| Fools show their anger at once, but the prudent ignore an insult. | A fool's wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth shame. |
| A fool's lips bring strife, and a fool's mouth invites a flogging. | A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes. |
| Anxiety weighs down the human heart, but a good word cheers it up. | Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad. |
| Like a city breached, without walls, is one who lacks self-control. | He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls. |
| A capable wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels. | Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. |
| When pride comes, then comes disgrace; but wisdom is with the humble. | When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom. |
| Put away from you crooked speech, and put devious talk far from you. | Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee. |
| The blessing of the Lord makes rich, and he adds no sorrow with it. | The blessing of the Lord, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it. |
| Keep straight the path of your feet, and all your ways will be sure. | Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established. |
| Wealth is a ransom for a person's life, but the poor get no threats. | The ransom of a man's life are his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke. |
| Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people. | Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people. |
| Speak out, judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor and needy. | Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy. |
| A fool gives full vent to anger, but the wise quietly holds it back. | A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards. |
| Without counsel, plans go wrong, but with many advisers they succeed. | Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established. |
| Whoever pursues righteousness and kindness will find life and honor. | He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and honour. |
| Just as water reflects the face, so one human heart reflects another. | As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man. |
| To get wisdom is to love oneself; to keep understanding is to prosper. | He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good. |
| A friend loves at all times, and kinsfolk are born to share adversity. | A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. |
| A faithful witness does not lie, but a false witness breathes out lies. | A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies. |
