Dual Panel1Better <02896> is a dry <02720> crust of bread <06595> where there is quietness <07962> than a house <01004> full <04392> of feasting <02077> with strife <07379>.
2A servant <05650> who acts wisely <07919> will rule <04910> over an heir <01121> who behaves shamefully <0954>, and will share <02505> the inheritance <05159> along <08432> with the relatives <0251>.
3The crucible <04715> is for refining silver <03701> and the furnace <03564> is for gold <02091>, likewise the Lord <03068> tests <0974> hearts <03826>.
4One who acts wickedly <07489> pays attention <07181> to <05921> evil <0205> counsel <08193>; a liar <08267> listens <0238> to <05921> a malicious <01942> tongue <03956>.
5The one who mocks <03932> the poor <07326> insults <02778> his Creator <06213>; whoever rejoices <08056> over disaster <0343> will not <03808> go unpunished <05352>.
6Grandchildren <01121> <01121> are like a crown <05850> to the elderly <02205>, and the glory <08597> of children <01121> is their parents <01>.
7Excessive <03499> speech <08193> is not <03808> becoming <05000> for a fool <05036>; how much <0637> less are lies <08267> <08193> for a ruler <05081>!
8A bribe <07810> works like a charm <02580> <068> for the one <01167> who offers it; in whatever <0834> <03605> he does <06437> he succeeds <07919>.
9The one who forgives <03680> an offense <06588> seeks <01245> love <0160>, but whoever repeats <08138> a matter <01697> separates <06504> close friends <0441>.
10A rebuke <01606> makes a greater impression <05181> on a discerning <0995> person than a hundred <03967> blows on <05221> a fool <03684>.
11An evil <07451> person seeks <01245> only <0389> rebellion <04805>, and so a cruel <0394> messenger <04397> will be sent <07971> against him.
12It is better <0408> for a person <0376> to meet <06298> a mother bear <01677> being robbed of her cubs <07909>, than <0408> to encounter a fool <03684> in his folly <0200>.
13As for the one who repays <07725> evil <07451> for <08478> good <02896>, evil <07451> will not <03808> leave <04185> his house <01004>.
14Starting <07225> a quarrel <04066> is like letting out <06362> water <04325>; stop <05203> it before <06440> strife <07379> breaks out <01566>!
15The one who acquits <06663> the guilty <07563> and the one who condemns <07561> the innocent <06662>– both <08147> <01571> of them are an abomination <08441> to the Lord <03069>.
16Of what <04100> use is money <04242> in the hand <03027> of a fool <03684>, since he has no <0369> intention <03820> of acquiring <07069> wisdom <02451>?
17A friend <07453> loves <0157> at all <03605> times <06256>, and a relative <0251> is born <03205> to help in adversity <06869>.
18The one <0120> who lacks <02638> wisdom <03820> strikes <08628> hands <03709> in pledge, and puts up <06148> financial security <06161> for <06440> his neighbor <07453>.
19The one who loves <0157> a quarrel <04683> loves <0157> transgression <06588>; whoever builds <01361> his gate <06607> high seeks <01245> destruction <07667>.
20The one who has a perverse <06141> heart <03820> does not <03808> find <04672> good <02896>, and the one who is deceitful <02015> in speech <03956> falls <05307> into trouble <07451>.
21Whoever brings <03205> a fool <03684> into the world <03205> does so to his grief <08424>, and the father <01> of a fool <05036> has no <03808> joy <08055>.
22A cheerful <08056> heart <03820> brings good <03190> healing <01456>, but a crushed <05218> spirit <07307> dries up <03001> the bones <01634>.
23A wicked <07563> person receives <03947> a bribe <07810> secretly <02436> to pervert <05186> the ways <0734> of justice <04941>.
24Wisdom <02451> is directly in <0854> front of <06440> the discerning <0995> person, but the eyes <05869> of a fool <03684> run to the ends <07097> of the earth <0776>.
25A foolish <03684> child <01121> is a grief <03708> to his father <01>, and bitterness <04470> to the mother who bore <03205> him.
26It is terrible <02896> <03808> to punish <06064> a righteous <06662> person, and to flog <05221> honorable men <05081> is wrong <03476>.
27The truly wise person <01847> <03045> restrains <02820> his words <0561>, and the one <0376> who stays calm <07119> <07119> is discerning <08394>.
28Even <01571> a fool <0191> who remains silent <02790> is considered <02803> wise <02450>, and the one who holds <0331> his tongue <08193> is deemed discerning <0995>.