Dual Panel1BETTER IS a dry morsel with quietness than a house full of feasting [on offered sacrifices] with strife.
2A wise servant shall have rule over a son who causes shame, and shall share in the inheritance among the brothers.
3The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold, but the Lord tries the hearts.
4An evildoer gives heed to wicked lips; and a liar listens to a mischievous tongue.
5Whoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker, and he who is glad at calamity shall not be held innocent {or} go unpunished.
6Children's children are the crown of old men, and the glory of children is their fathers.
7Fine {or} arrogant speech does not befit [an empty-headed] fool--much less do lying lips befit a prince.
8A bribe is like a bright, precious stone that dazzles the eyes {and} affects the mind of him who gives it; [as if by magic] he prospers, whichever way he turns.
9He who covers {and} forgives an offense seeks love, but he who repeats {or} harps on a matter separates even close friends.
10A reproof enters deeper into a man of understanding than a hundred lashes into a [self-confident] fool.
11An evil man seeks only rebellion; therefore a stern {and} pitiless messenger shall be sent against him.
12Let [the brute ferocity of] a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man rather than a [self-confident] fool in his folly [when he is in a rage].
13Whoever rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
14The beginning of strife is as when water first trickles [from a crack in a dam]; therefore stop contention before it becomes worse {and} quarreling breaks out.
15He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous are both an abomination [exceedingly disgusting and hateful] to the Lord.
16Of what use is money in the hand of a [self-confident] fool to buy skillful {and} godly Wisdom--when he has no understanding {or} heart for it?
17A friend loves at all times, and is born, as is a brother, for adversity.
18A man void of good sense gives a pledge and becomes security for another in the presence of his neighbor.
19He who loves strife {and} is quarrelsome loves transgression {and} involves himself in guilt; he who raises high his gateway {and} is boastful {and} arrogant invites destruction.
20He who has a wayward {and} crooked mind finds no good, and he who has a willful {and} contrary tongue will fall into calamity.
21He who becomes the parent of a [self-confident] fool does it to his sorrow, and the father of [an empty-headed] fool has no joy [in him].
22A happy heart is good medicine {and} a cheerful mind works healing, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.
23A wicked man receives a bribe out of the bosom (pocket) to pervert the ways of justice.
24A man of understanding sets skillful {and} godly Wisdom before his face, but the eyes of a [self-confident] fool are on the ends of the earth.
25A self-confident {and} foolish son is a grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.
26Also, to punish {or} fine the righteous is not good, nor to smite the noble for their uprightness.
27He who has knowledge spares his words, and a man of understanding has a cool spirit.
28Even a fool when he holds his peace is considered wise; when he closes his lips he is esteemed a man of understanding.