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¹⁹The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul;

And it is an abomination to fools to depart from evil.

 

²⁰He that walketh with wise men shall be wise;

But the companion of fools shall smart for it.

 

²¹Evil pursueth sinners;

But to the righteous good shall be repaid.

 

²²A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children;

And the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the righteous.

 

²³Much food is in the tillage of the poor;

But there is that is swept away by want of righteousness.

 

²⁴He that spareth his rod hateth his son;

But he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.

 

²⁵The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his desire;

But the belly of the wicked shall want.

14 Every wise woman buildeth her house;

But the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.

 

²He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the Lord;

But he that is perverse in his ways despiseth Him.

 

³In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride;

But the lips of the wise shall preserve them.

 

⁴Where no oxen are, the crib is clean;

But much increase is by the strength of the ox.

 

⁵A faithful witness will not lie;

But a false witness breatheth forth lies.

 

⁶A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not;

But knowledge is easy unto him that hath discernment.

 

⁷Go from the presence of a foolish man, for thou wilt not perceive the lips of knowledge.

 

⁸The wisdom of the prudent is to look well to his way;

But the folly of fools is deceit.

 

⁹Amends pleadeth for fools;

But among the upright there is good will.

 

¹⁰The heart knoweth its own bitterness;

And with its joy no stranger can intermeddle.

 

¹¹The house of the wicked shall be overthrown;

But the tent of the upright shall flourish.

 

¹²There is a way which seemeth right unto a man,

But the end thereof are the ways of death.

 

¹³Even in laughter the heart acheth;

And the end of mirth is heaviness.

 

¹⁴The dissembler in heart shall have his fill from his own ways;

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