| To do what is right and just is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice. | To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice. |
| One who gossips reveals secrets, but a trustworthy man keeps things hidden. | A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter. |
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| The whispers of a gossiper are tasty morsels that corrode one’s inner being. | The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly. |
| Righteousness is a sign of a nation’s greatness, but sin degrades any people. | Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people. |
| Some friends can lead us to ruin, but a true friend is closer than a brother. | A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother. |
| Acquire wisdom and gain understanding; never forget or turn aside from my words. | Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth. |
| Do not swerve either to the right or to the left; keep your foot far from evil. | Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil. |
| A fool spurns his father’s correction, but whoever heeds admonition is prudent. | A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent. |
| Observe your father’s command, my son, and do not reject your mother’s teaching. | My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother. |
| Fine words are not becoming to a fool, and much less are false words to a noble. | Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince. |
| A fool gives free rein to his anger, but a wise man bides his time and calms it. | A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards. |
| Blessed is the person who has found wisdom, the one who has gained understanding. | Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding. |
| A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son gives grief to his mother. | A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother. |
| The blessing of the Lord is what brings wealth, and our toil adds nothing to it. | The blessing of the Lord, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it. |
| A cheerful heart is excellent medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones. | A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones. |
| A man is haughty until disaster overtakes him, but humility comes before honors. | Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility. |
| Diligent labor always yields profit, but idle conversation only leads to poverty. | In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury. |
| The righteous is remembered with blessings, but the name of the wicked fades away. | The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot. |
| Whoever observes the commandments will live, but the one who scorns them will die. | He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; but he that despiseth his ways shall die. |
| A man’s attraction is his kindness; it is far better to be poor than to be a liar. | The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar. |
| Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of children is their parents. | Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers. |
| A generous person will be enriched; he who refreshes others will also be refreshed. | The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself. |
| Do not wear yourself out in the pursuit of wealth, and cease even to think about it. | Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom. |
| It is rash to pledge a sacred gift, or to make a vow and then have second thoughts. | It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and after vows to make enquiry. |
| The way of the Lord is a stronghold for the upright, but destruction for evildoers. | The way of the Lord is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity. |
