| The clever see danger and hide; but the simple go on, and suffer for it. | A prudent man foresees evil and hides himself; The simple pass on and are punished. |
| Better is a little with righteousness than large income with injustice. | Better is a little with righteousness, Than vast revenues without justice. |
| Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life. | Keep your heart with all diligence, For out of it spring the issues of life. |
| Do not swerve to the right or to the left; turn your foot away from evil. | Do not turn to the right or the left; Remove your foot from evil. |
| He who finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor from the Lord. | He who finds a wife finds a good thing, And obtains favor from the Lord. |
| Speak out for those who cannot speak, for the rights of all the destitute. | Open your mouth for the speechless, In the cause of all who are appointed to die. |
| 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. |
| For the Lord gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding. | For the Lord gives wisdom; From His mouth come knowledge and understanding. |
| 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. |
| A wise child makes a glad father, but a foolish child is a mother's grief. | A wise son makes a glad father, But a foolish son is the grief of his mother. |
| Guarding the paths of justice and preserving the way of his faithful ones. | He guards the paths of justice, And preserves the way of His saints. |
| Before destruction one's heart is haughty, but humility goes before honor. | Before destruction the heart of a man is haughty, And before honor is humility. |
| It is honorable to refrain from strife, but every fool is quick to quarrel. | It is honorable for a man to stop striving, Since any fool can start a quarrel. |
| 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. |
| A perverse person spreads strife, and a whisperer separates close friends. | A perverse man sows strife, And a whisperer separates the best of friends. |
| Hear, my child, and accept my words, that the years of your life may be many. | Hear, my son, and receive my sayings, And the years of your life will be many. |
| When one will not listen to the law, even one's prayers are an abomination. | One who turns away his ear from hearing the law, Even his prayer is an abomination. |
| 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. |
| All deeds are right in the sight of the doer, but the Lord weighs the heart. | Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, But the Lord weighs the hearts. |
| All day long the wicked covet, but the righteous give and do not hold back. | He covets greedily all day long, But the righteous gives and does not spare. |
| A generous person will be enriched, and one who gives water will get water. | The generous soul will be made rich, And he who waters will also be watered himself. |
| Fine speech is not becoming to a fool; still less is false speech to a ruler. | Excellent speech is not becoming to a fool, Much less lying lips to a prince. |
| There is a way that seems right to a person, 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. |
| Get wisdom; get insight: do not forget, nor turn away from the words of my mouth. | Get wisdom! Get understanding! Do not forget, nor turn away from the words of my mouth. |
| Then you will understand righteousness and justice and equity, every good path. | Then you will understand righteousness and justice, Equity and every good path. |
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