1  Whoso loveth discipline loveth knowledge, but he that hateth reproof is brutish.

2  A good man obtaineth favour of Jehovah; but a man of mischievous devices will he condemn.

3  A man shall not be established by wickedness; but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.

4  A woman of worth is a crown to her husband; but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

5  The thoughts of the righteous are right; the counsels of the wicked are deceit.

6  The words of the wicked are a lying-in-wait for blood; but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

7  Overthrow the wicked, and they are no more; but the house of the righteous shall stand.

8  A man is commended according to his wisdom; but he that is of a perverted heart shall be despised.

9  Better is he that is lightly esteemed, and hath a servant, than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.

10  A righteous man is concerned for the life of his beast; but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.