1 mch. 15:17 Better is a dry morsel with quiet
than a house full of feasting with strife.
2 A servant who deals wisely will rule overnver. 21, 25; ch. 10:5; 19:26 a son who acts shamefully
ando[2 Sam. 16:4] will share the inheritance as one of the brothers.
3 pch. 27:21 The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold,
q1 Chr. 29:17; Ps. 26:2; Jer. 17:10; Mal. 3:3 and the Lord tests hearts.
4 An evildoer listens to wicked lips,
and a liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue.
5 Whoever mocks the poorrch. 14:31; [Matt. 25:40, 45] insults his Maker;
he who issJob 31:29; Obad. 12; [ch. 24:17] glad at calamity will not gotch. 16:5 unpunished.
6 uPs. 128:6; [Ps. 127:3, 4] Grandchildren arevch. 16:31 the crown of the aged,
and the glory of children is their fathers.
7 Fine speech is notw[ch. 19:10; 26:1] becoming to a fool;
still less isxch. 6:17 false speech to a prince.
8 yver. 23; ch. 18:16; 19:6; 21:14; [Ex. 23:8; Isa. 1:23; Amos 5:12] A bribe is like a magic stone in the eyes of the one who gives it;
wherever he turns he prospers.
9 Whoeverzch. 10:12 covers an offense seeks love,
but he who repeats a matterach. 16:28 separates close friends.
10 A rebuke goes deeper into a man of understanding
than a hundred blows into a fool.
11 An evil man seeks only rebellion,
andb[1 Kgs. 2:29] a cruel messenger will be sent against him.
12 Let a man meetc2 Sam. 17:8; Hos. 13:8 a she-bear robbed of her cubs
d[ch. 27:3] rather than a fool in his folly.
13 If anyoneePs. 35:12; 109:4, 5; [ch. 20:22; Matt. 5:39] returns evil for good,
f[2 Sam. 12:10] evil will not depart from his house.
14 The beginning of strife is like letting out water,
sogch. 20:3; 25:8 quit before the quarrel breaks out.
15 He whohch. 24:24; Ex. 23:7; Isa. 5:23 justifies the wicked and he whoiJob 34:17; Ps. 94:21; [ver. 26; ch. 18:5] condemns the righteous
are both alike an abomination to the Lord.
16 Why should a fool have money in his handj[ch. 23:23] to buy wisdom
when he has no sense?
17 kch. 18:24; 27:10; [Ruth 1:16; Job 6:14] A friend loves at all times,
and a brother is born for adversity.
18 One who lacks sense gives a pledge
and puts up security in the presence of his neighbor.
19 Whoever loves transgression loves strife;
he whol[ch. 11:2; 29:23] makes his door high seeks destruction.
20 m[ch. 11:20] A man of crooked heart does not discover good,
and one with a dishonest tongue falls into calamity.
21 He whonch. 10:1; 19:13 sires a fool gets himself sorrow,
and the father of a fool has no joy.
22 oSee ch. 15:13 A joyful heart is good medicine,
but a crushed spiritpPs. 22:15; [ch. 12:25] dries up the bones.
23 The wicked acceptsqSee ver. 8 a bribe in secret
tor[Mic. 3:11; 7:3] pervert the ways of justice.
24 s[ch. 14:6; 15:14; Eccles. 2:14]; See Deut. 30:11-14 The discerning sets his face toward wisdom,
but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.
25 n[See ver. 21 above] A foolish son is a grief to his father
tch. 10:1 and bitterness touch. 23:25 her who bore him.
26 v[ver. 15] To impose a fine on a righteous man is not good,
nor to strike the noble for their uprightness.
27 Whoeverwch. 10:19; [James 1:19] restrains his words has knowledge,
and he who has a cool spirit is a man of understanding.
28 Even a foolxJob 13:5 who keeps silent is considered wise;
when he closes his lips, he is deemed intelligent.