1Every wise woman has built her house, And the foolish breaks it down with her hands.2Whoever is walking in his uprightness is fearing YHWH, And the perverted is despising Him [in] his ways.3A rod of pride [is] in the mouth of a fool, And the lips of the wise preserve them.4Without oxen a stall [is] clean, And great [is] the increase by the power of the ox.5A faithful witness does not lie, And a false witness breathes out lies.6A scorner has sought wisdom, and it is not, And knowledge [is] easy to the intelligent.7Go from before a foolish man, Or you have not known the lips of knowledge.8The wisdom of the prudent [is] to understand his way, And the folly of fools [is] deceit.9Fools mock at a guilt-offering, And among the upright—a pleasing thing.10The heart knows its own bitterness, And a stranger does not interfere with its joy.11The house of the wicked is destroyed, And the tent of the upright flourishes.12There is a way—right before a man, And its latter end [are] ways of death.13Even in laughter is the heart pained, And the latter end of joy [is] affliction.14The backslider in heart is filled from his ways, And a good man—from his fruits.15The simple gives credence to everything, And the prudent attends to his step.16The wise is fearing and turning from evil, And a fool is transgressing and is confident.17Whoever is short of temper does folly, And a man of wicked schemes is hated.18The simple have inherited folly, And the prudent are crowned [with] knowledge.19The evil have bowed down before the good, And the wicked at the gates of the righteous.20The poor is hated even of his neighbor, And those loving the rich [are] many.21Whoever is despising his neighbor sins, Whoever is favoring the humble, O his blessedness.22Do they who are devising evil not err? And kindness and truth [are] to those devising good,23In all labor there is advantage, And a thing of the lips [is] only to want.24The crown of the wise is their wealth, The folly of fools [is] folly.25A true witness is delivering souls, And a deceitful one breathes out lies.26Strong confidence [is] in the fear of YHWH, And there is a refuge to His sons.27The fear of YHWH [is] a fountain of life, To turn aside from snares of death.28The honor of a king [is] in the multitude of a people, And the ruin of a prince in lack of people.29Whoever is slow to anger [is] of great understanding, And whoever is short in temper is exalting folly.30A healed heart [is] life to the flesh, And rottenness to the bones [is] envy.31An oppressor of the poor reproaches his Maker, And whoever is honoring Him Is favoring the needy.32The wicked is driven away in his wickedness, And the righteous [is] trustful in his death.33Wisdom rests in the heart of the intelligent. And it is known in the midst of fools.34Righteousness exalts a nation, And the righteousness of peoples [is] a sin-offering.35The favor of a king [is] to a wise servant, And one causing shame is an object of his wrath!
