1 A slothful man is compared to a filthy stone, and every one will hiss him out to his disgrace.
2 A slothful man is compared to the filth of a dunghill : every man that takes it up will shake his hand.
3 An evil-nurtured son is the dishonour of his father that begat him : and a [foolish] daughter is born to his loss.
4 A wise daughter shall bring an inheritance to her husband : but she that liveth dishonestly is her father's heaviness.
5 She that is bold dishonoureth both her father and her husband, and they both shall despise her.
6 A tale out of season [is as] music in mourning : but stripes and correction of wisdom are never out of time.
9 Whoso teacheth a fool is as one that glueth a potsherd together, and as he that waketh one from a sound sleep.
10 He that telleth a tale to a fool speaketh to one in a slumber : when he hath told his tale, he will say, What is the matter ?
11 Weep for the dead, for he hath lost the light : and weep for the fool, for he wanteth understanding : make little weeping for the dead, for he is at rest : but the life of the fool is worse than death.
12 Seven days do men mourn for him that is dead ; but for a fool and an ungodly man all the days of his life.
13 Talk not much with a fool, and go not to him that hath no understanding : beware of him, lest thou have trouble, and thou shalt never be defiled with his fooleries : depart from him, and thou shalt find rest, and never be disquieted with madness.
14 What is heavier than lead ? and what is the name thereof, but a fool ?
15 Sand, and salt, and a mass of iron, are easier to bear, than a man without understanding.
16 As timber girt and bound together in a building cannot be loosed with shaking : so the heart that is stablished by advised counsel shall fear at no time.
17 A heart settled upon a thought of understanding is as a fair plaistering on the wall of a gallery.
18 Pales set on an high place will never stand against the wind : so a fearful heart in the imagination of a fool cannot stand against any fear.
19 He that pricketh the eye will make tears to fall : and he that pricketh the heart maketh it to shew her knowledge.
20 Whoso casteth a stone at the birds frayeth them away : and he that upbraideth his friend breaketh friendship.
21 Though thou drewest a sword at thy friend, yet despair not : for there may be a returning [to favour].
22 If thou hast opened thy mouth against thy friend, fear not ; for there may be a reconciliation : except for upbraiding, or pride, or disclosing of secrets, or a treacherous wound : for for these things every friend will depart.
23 Be faithful to thy neighbour in his poverty, that thou mayest rejoice in his prosperity : abide steadfast unto him in the time of his trouble, that thou mayest be heir with him in his heritage.
24 As the vapour and smoke of a furnace goeth before the fire ; so reviling before blood.
25 I will not be ashamed to defend a friend ; neither will I hide myself from him ;
26 and if any evil happen unto me by him, every one that heareth it will beware of him.
27 Who shall set a watch before my mouth, and a seal of wisdom upon my lips, that I fall not suddenly by them, and that my tongue destroy me not ?