1Better is a dry morsel with quiet than a house full of feasting[1] with strife. (Przyp 15,17)2A servant who deals wisely will rule over a son who acts shamefully and will share the inheritance as one of the brothers. (2 Sm 16,4; Przyp 10,5; Przyp 17,21; Przyp 17,25; Przyp 19,26)3The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, and the Lord tests hearts. (1 Krn 29,17; Ps 26,2; Przyp 27,21; Jer 17,10; Ml 3,3)4An evildoer listens to wicked lips, and a liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue.5Whoever mocks the poor insults his Maker; he who is glad at calamity will not go unpunished. (Job 31,29; Przyp 14,31; Przyp 16,5; Przyp 24,17; Ab 1,12; Mt 25,40; Mt 25,45)6Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of children is their fathers. (Ps 127,3; Ps 128,6; Przyp 16,31)7Fine speech is not becoming to a fool; still less is false speech to a prince. (Przyp 6,17; Przyp 19,10; Przyp 26,1)8A bribe is like a magic[2] stone in the eyes of the one who gives it; wherever he turns he prospers. (Wj 23,8; Przyp 17,23; Przyp 18,16; Przyp 19,6; Przyp 21,14; Iz 1,23; Am 5,12)9Whoever covers an offense seeks love, but he who repeats a matter separates close friends. (Przyp 10,12; Przyp 16,28)10A rebuke goes deeper into a man of understanding than a hundred blows into a fool.11An evil man seeks only rebellion, and a cruel messenger will be sent against him. (1 Krl 2,29)12Let a man meet a she-bear robbed of her cubs rather than a fool in his folly. (2 Sm 17,8; Przyp 27,3; Oz 13,8)13If anyone returns evil for good, evil will not depart from his house. (2 Sm 12,10; Ps 35,12; Ps 109,4; Przyp 20,22; Mt 5,39)14The beginning of strife is like letting out water, so quit before the quarrel breaks out. (Przyp 20,3; Przyp 25,8)15He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous are both alike an abomination to the Lord. (Wj 23,7; Job 34,17; Ps 94,21; Przyp 17,26; Przyp 18,5; Przyp 24,24; Iz 5,23)16Why should a fool have money in his hand to buy wisdom when he has no sense? (Przyp 23,23)17A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. (Rt 1,16; Job 6,14; Przyp 18,24; Przyp 27,10)18One who lacks sense gives a pledge and puts up security in the presence of his neighbor.19Whoever loves transgression loves strife; he who makes his door high seeks destruction. (Przyp 11,2; Przyp 29,23)20A man of crooked heart does not discover good, and one with a dishonest tongue falls into calamity. (Przyp 11,20)21He who sires a fool gets himself sorrow, and the father of a fool has no joy. (Przyp 10,1; Przyp 19,13)22A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones. (Ps 22,15; Przyp 12,25; Przyp 15,13)23The wicked accepts a bribe in secret[3] to pervert the ways of justice. (Przyp 17,8; Mi 3,11; Mi 7,3)24The discerning sets his face toward wisdom, but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth. (Pwt 30,11; Przyp 14,6; Przyp 15,14; Kazn 2,14)25A foolish son is a grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him. (Przyp 10,1; Przyp 17,21; Przyp 23,25)26To impose a fine on a righteous man is not good, nor to strike the noble for their uprightness. (Przyp 17,15)27Whoever restrains his words has knowledge, and he who has a cool spirit is a man of understanding. (Przyp 10,19; Jk 1,19)28Even a fool who keeps silent is considered wise; when he closes his lips, he is deemed intelligent. (Job 13,5)