1 Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrificesa with strife.

2 A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.

3 The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.

4 A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.

5 Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunishedb.

6 Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.

7 Excellentc speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.

8 A gift is as a preciousd stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.

9 He that covereth a transgression seekethe love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.

10 A reproof enterethf more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.

11 An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.

12 Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.

13 Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

14 The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.