The Book of Proverbs

Every wise woman hath builded her house, And the foolish with her hands breaketh it down.

Whoso is walking in his uprightness is fearing Jehovah, And the perverted [in] his ways is despising Him.

In the mouth of a fool [is] a rod of pride, And the lips of the wise preserve them.

Without oxen a stall [is] clean, And great [is] the increase by the power of the ox.

A faithful witness lieth not, And a false witness breatheth out lies.

A scorner hath sought wisdom, and it is not, And knowledge to the intelligent [is] easy.

Go from before a foolish man, Or thou hast not known the lips of knowledge.

The wisdom of the prudent [is] to understand his way, And the folly of fools [is] deceit.

Fools mock at a guilt-offering, And among the upright -- a pleasing thing.

The heart knoweth its own bitterness, And with its joy a stranger doth not intermeddle.

The house of the wicked is destroyed, And the tent of the upright flourisheth.

There is a way -- right before a man, And its latter end [are] ways of death.

Even in laughter is the heart pained, And the latter end of joy [is] affliction.

From his ways is the backslider in heart filled, And a good man -- from his fruits.

The simple giveth credence to everything, And the prudent attendeth to his step.

The wise is fearing and turning from evil, And a fool is transgressing and is confident.

Whoso is short of temper doth folly, And a man of wicked devices is hated.

The simple have inherited folly, And the prudent are crowned [with] knowledge.

The evil have bowed down before the good, And the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

Even of his neighbour is the poor hated, And those loving the rich [are] many.