1Better is the poor that walks in his integrity Than he who is perverse in his lips and is a fool. 2Also, without knowledge the soul is not good; And he who hurries with his feet sins. 3The foolishness of man subverts his way; And his heart frets against Yahweh. 4Wealth adds many companions; But the poor is separated from his companion. 5A false witness will not be unpunished; And he who utters lies will not escape. 6Many will entreat the favor of the liberal man; And every man is a companion to him who gives gifts. 7All the brothers of the poor hate him: How much more do his friends go far from him! He pursues [them with] words, [but] they are gone. 8He who gets wisdom loves his own soul: He who keeps understanding will find good. 9A false witness will not be unpunished; And he who utters lies will perish. 10Delicate living is not seemly for a fool; Much less for a slave to have rule over princes. 11The discretion of man makes him slow to anger; And it is his glory to pass over a transgression. 12The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; But his favor is as dew on the grass. 13A foolish son is the calamity of his father; And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping. 14House and riches are an inheritance from fathers; But a prudent wife is from Yahweh. 15Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep; And the idle soul will suffer hunger. 16He who keeps the commandment keeps his soul; [But] he who is careless of his ways will die. 17He who has pity on the poor lends to Yahweh, And his good deed he will pay him again. 18Chasten your son, seeing there is hope; And don't set your heart on his destruction. 19A man of great wrath will bear the penalty; For if you deliver [him], you must do it yet again. 20Hear counsel, and receive instruction, That you may be wise in your latter end. 21There are many devices in a man's heart; But the counsel of Yahweh, that will stand. 22That which makes man to be desired is his kindness; And a poor man is better than a liar. 23The fear of Yahweh, [leads] to life And he [that has it] will reside satisfied; He will not be visited with evil. 24The sluggard buries his hand in the dish, And will not so much as bring it to his mouth again. 25Strike a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; And reprove one who has understanding, [and] he will understand knowledge. 26He who does violence to his father, and chases away his mother, Is a son who causes shame and brings reproach. 27Cease, my son, to hear instruction [Only] to err from the words of knowledge. 28A worthless witness mocks at justice; And the mouth of the wicked swallows iniquity. 29Judgments are prepared for scoffers, And stripes for the back of fools.