1Better is a dry morsel and quietness therewith, than a house full of offerings with strife.
2A servant that deals wisely shall have rule over a son that deals shamefully, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.
3The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but יהוה tries the hearts.
4An evil-doer gives heed to wicked lips; and a liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue.
5Whoever mocks the poor blasphemes his Maker; and he that is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished.
6Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
7Overbearing speech becomes not a peasant; much less do lying lips a prince.
8A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that has it; wherever he turns, he prospers.
9He that covers a transgression seeks love; but he that harps on a matter estranges a familiar friend.
10A rebuke enters deeper into a man of understanding than a hundred stripes into a fool.
11A rebellious man seeks only evil; therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
12Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
13Whoever rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
14The beginning of strife is as when one lets out water; therefore leave off contention, before the quarrel breaks out.
15He that justifies the wicked, and he that condemns a Tzadik, even they both are an abomination to יהוה .
16Why is there a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, seeing he has no understanding?
17A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
18A man void of understanding is he that strikes hands, and becomes surety in the presence of his neighbor.
19The one who loves transgression loves strife; he that exalts his gate seeks destruction.
20He that has a contentious heart finds no good; and he that has a perverse tongue falls into evil.
21He that begets a fool does it to his sorrow; and the father of the senseless has no joy.
22A merry heart is a good medicine; but a broken spirit dries the bones.
23A wicked man takes a gift out of the bosom, to pervert the ways of justice.
24Wisdom is before him that has understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.
25A foolish son is vexation to his father, and bitterness to her that bore him.
26To punish also HaTzadik is not good, nor to strike the noble for their uprightness.
27He that spares his words has knowledge; and he that cherishes the Ru’akh is a man of discernment.
28Even a fool, when he holds his peace, is counted wise; and he that shuts his lips is esteemed as a man of understanding.
אטוֹב פַּת חֲרֵבָה וְשַׁלְוָה בָהּ מִבַּיִת מָלֵא זִבְחֵי רִיב.
בעֶבֶד מַשְׂכִּיל יִמְשֹׁל בְּבֵן מֵבִישׁ; וּבְתוֹךְ אַחִים יַחֲלֹק נַחֲלָה.
גמַצְרֵף לַכֶּסֶף וְכוּר לַזָּהָב; וּבֹחֵן לִבּוֹת יהוה .
דמֵרַע מַקְשִׁיב עַל שְׂפַת אָוֶן; שֶׁקֶר מֵזִין עַל לְשׁוֹן הַוֹּת.
הלֹעֵג לָרָשׁ חֵרֵף עֹשֵׂהוּ; שָׂמֵחַ לְאֵיד לֹא יִנָּקֶה.
ועֲטֶרֶת זְקֵנִים בְּנֵי בָנִים; וְתִפְאֶרֶת בָּנִים אֲבוֹתָם.
זלֹא נָאוָה לְנָבָל שְׂפַת יֶתֶר; אַף כִּי לְנָדִיב שְׂפַת שָׁקֶר.
חאֶבֶן חֵן הַשֹּׁחַד בְּעֵינֵי בְעָלָיו; אֶל כָּל אֲשֶׁר יִפְנֶה יַשְׂכִּיל.
טמְכַסֶּה פֶּשַׁע מְבַקֵּשׁ אַהֲבָה; וְשֹׁנֶה בְדָבָר מַפְרִיד אַלּוּף.
יתֵּחַת גְּעָרָה בְמֵבִין מֵהַכּוֹת כְּסִיל מֵאָה.
יאאַךְ מְרִי יְבַקֶּשׁ רָע; וּמַלְאָךְ אַכְזָרִי יְשֻׁלַּח בּוֹ.
יבפָּגוֹשׁ דֹּב שַׁכּוּל בְּאִישׁ; וְאַל כְּסִיל בְּאִוַּלְתּוֹ.
יגמֵשִׁיב רָעָה תַּחַת טוֹבָה לֹא תמיש (תָמוּשׁ) רָעָה מִבֵּיתוֹ.
ידפּוֹטֵר מַיִם רֵאשִׁית מָדוֹן; וְלִפְנֵי הִתְגַּלַּע הָרִיב נְטוֹשׁ.
טומַצְדִּיק רָשָׁע וּמַרְשִׁיעַ צַדִּיק תּוֹעֲבַת יהוה גַּם שְׁנֵיהֶם.
טזלָמָּה זֶּה מְחִיר בְּיַד כְּסִיל לִקְנוֹת חָכְמָה וְלֶב אָיִן.
יזבְּכָל עֵת אֹהֵב הָרֵעַ; וְאָח לְצָרָה יִוָּלֵד.
יחאָדָם חֲסַר לֵב תּוֹקֵעַ כָּף; עֹרֵב עֲרֻבָּה לִפְנֵי רֵעֵהוּ.
יטאֹהֵב פֶּשַׁע אֹהֵב מַצָּה; מַגְבִּיהַּ פִּתְחוֹ מְבַקֶּשׁ שָׁבֶר.
כעִקֶּשׁ לֵב לֹא יִמְצָא טוֹב; וְנֶהְפָּךְ בִּלְשׁוֹנוֹ יִפּוֹל בְּרָעָה.
כאיֹלֵד כְּסִיל לְתוּגָה לוֹ; וְלֹא יִשְׂמַח אֲבִי נָבָל.
כבלֵב שָׂמֵחַ יֵיטִיב גֵּהָה; וְרוּחַ נְכֵאָה תְּיַבֶּשׁ גָּרֶם.
כגשֹׁחַד מֵחֵק רָשָׁע יִקָּח לְהַטּוֹת אָרְחוֹת מִשְׁפָּט.
כדאֶת פְּנֵי מֵבִין חָכְמָה; וְעֵינֵי כְסִיל בִּקְצֵה אָרֶץ.
כהכַּעַס לְאָבִיו בֵּן כְּסִיל; וּמֶמֶר לְיוֹלַדְתּוֹ.
כוגַּם עֲנוֹשׁ לַצַּדִּיק לֹא טוֹב לְהַכּוֹת נְדִיבִים עַל יֹשֶׁר.
כזחוֹשֵׂךְ אֲמָרָיו יוֹדֵעַ דָּעַת; וקר (יְקַר) רוּחַ אִישׁ תְּבוּנָה.
כחגַּם אֱוִיל מַחֲרִישׁ חָכָם יֵחָשֵׁב; אֹטֵם שְׂפָתָיו נָבוֹן.
D'var יהוה , The Word of יהוה 