1
Better is a dry morsel with quiet than a house full of feasting with strife.
2
A slave who deals wisely will rule over a son who acts shamefully, and will share the inheritance as one of the brothers.
3
The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, and the LORD tries hearts.
4
An evildoer listens to wicked lips; and a liar gives heed to a mischievous tongue.
5
He who mocks the poor insults his Maker; he who is glad at calamity will not go unpunished.
6
Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of sons is their fathers.
7
Fine speech is not becoming to a fool; still less is false speech to a prince.
8
A bribe is like a magic stone in the eyes of him who gives it; wherever he turns he prospers.
9
He who forgives an offense seeks love, but he who repeats a matter alienates a friend.
10
A rebuke goes deeper into a man of understanding than a hundred blows into a fool.
11
An evil man seeks only rebellion, and a cruel messenger will be sent against him.