1 Better a poor person walking in integrity than one who is perverse {in his speech} and is a fool.
2 Also, a life without knowledge is not good, and he who moves quickly with [his] feet {misses the mark}.
3 As for the folly of humankind, its way leads to ruin, and against Yahweh his heart will rage.
7 All the brothers of the poor, [if] they hate him, how much more will his friends keep away from him. He pursues [them with] words, [and] they are gone.
10 For a fool living in luxury is not fitting, [any] more [than it is] for a slave to rule over princes.
11 The understanding of a person makes him slow to his {anger}, and his glory overlooks offense.
13 A foolish child is a ruin to his father, and the quarreling of a woman is a continuous dripping.
14 A house and wealth [are] an inheritance [from] fathers, but from Yahweh [comes] a woman who is prudent.
17 He who lends to Yahweh [is] he who is kind to the poor, and his benefits he will repay to him.
22 The craving of a man [is] his steadfast loyalty, and [it is] better [to be] poor than a {liar}.
23 Fear of Yahweh [leads] to life; he who is filled [with it] will rest--he will not suffer harm.
24 A lazy person buries his hand in the dish, and even to his mouth he will not bring it back.
25 The scoffer you shall strike, and the simple, may they learn prudence, and reprove the intelligent [and] he will gain knowledge.
26 He who does violence to a father, he who chases away a mother, [is] a child who causes shame and brings reproach.