[1] Better a dry crust with peace and quiet than a house full of feasting, with strife. [2] A prudent servant will rule over a disgraceful son and will share the inheritance as one of the family. [3] The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold, but the LORD tests the heart. [4] A wicked person listens to deceitful lips; a liar pays attention to a destructive tongue. [5] Whoever mocks the poor shows contempt for their Maker; whoever gloats over disaster will not go unpunished. [6] Children’s children are a crown to the aged, and parents are the pride of their children. [7] Eloquent lips are unsuited to a godless fool—how much worse lying lips to a ruler! [8] A bribe is seen as a charm by the one who gives it; they think success will come at every turn. [9] Whoever would foster love covers over an offense, but whoever repeats the matter separates close friends. [10] A rebuke impresses a discerning person more than a hundred lashes a fool. [11] Evildoers foster rebellion against God; the messenger of death will be sent against them. [12] Better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool bent on folly. [13] Evil will never leave the house of one who pays back evil for good. [14] Starting a quarrel is like breaching a dam; so drop the matter before a dispute breaks out.
