1Better is a dry morsel with quiet than a house full of feasting[1] with strife. (أم 15:17)2A servant who deals wisely will rule over a son who acts shamefully and will share the inheritance as one of the brothers. (2صم 16:4; أم 10:5; أم 17:21; أم 17:25; أم 19:26)3The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, and the Lord tests hearts. (1أخ 29:17; مز 26:2; أم 27:21; إر 17:10; ملا 3:3)4An evildoer listens to wicked lips, and a liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue.5Whoever mocks the poor insults his Maker; he who is glad at calamity will not go unpunished. (أي 31:29; أم 14:31; أم 16:5; أم 24:17; عو 1:12; مت 25:40; مت 25:45)6Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of children is their fathers. (مز 127:3; مز 128:6; أم 16:31)7Fine speech is not becoming to a fool; still less is false speech to a prince. (أم 6:17; أم 19:10; أم 26:1)8A bribe is like a magic[2] stone in the eyes of the one who gives it; wherever he turns he prospers. (خر 23:8; أم 17:23; أم 18:16; أم 19:6; أم 21:14; إش 1:23; عا 5:12)9Whoever covers an offense seeks love, but he who repeats a matter separates close friends. (أم 10:12; أم 16:28)10A rebuke goes deeper into a man of understanding than a hundred blows into a fool.11An evil man seeks only rebellion, and a cruel messenger will be sent against him. (1مل 2:29)12Let a man meet a she-bear robbed of her cubs rather than a fool in his folly. (2صم 17:8; أم 27:3; هو 13:8)13If anyone returns evil for good, evil will not depart from his house. (2صم 12:10; مز 35:12; مز 109:4; أم 20:22; مت 5:39)14The beginning of strife is like letting out water, so quit before the quarrel breaks out. (أم 20:3; أم 25:8)15He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous are both alike an abomination to the Lord. (خر 23:7; أي 34:17; مز 94:21; أم 17:26; أم 18:5; أم 24:24; إش 5:23)16Why should a fool have money in his hand to buy wisdom when he has no sense? (أم 23:23)17A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. (را 1:16; أي 6:14; أم 18:24; أم 27:10)18One who lacks sense gives a pledge and puts up security in the presence of his neighbor.19Whoever loves transgression loves strife; he who makes his door high seeks destruction. (أم 11:2; أم 29:23)20A man of crooked heart does not discover good, and one with a dishonest tongue falls into calamity. (أم 11:20)21He who sires a fool gets himself sorrow, and the father of a fool has no joy. (أم 10:1; أم 19:13)22A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones. (مز 22:15; أم 12:25; أم 15:13)23The wicked accepts a bribe in secret[3] to pervert the ways of justice. (أم 17:8; مي 3:11; مي 7:3)24The discerning sets his face toward wisdom, but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth. (تث 30:11; أم 14:6; أم 15:14; جا 2:14)25A foolish son is a grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him. (أم 10:1; أم 17:21; أم 23:25)26To impose a fine on a righteous man is not good, nor to strike the noble for their uprightness. (أم 17:15)27Whoever restrains his words has knowledge, and he who has a cool spirit is a man of understanding. (أم 10:19; يع 1:19)28Even a fool who keeps silent is considered wise; when he closes his lips, he is deemed intelligent. (أي 13:5)