A wise judge will instruct his people;

2 As is the judge of his people, so are his ministers;

3 An uninstructed king will destroy his people;

4 In the hand of the Lord is the authority of the earth;

5 In the hand of the Lord is the prosperity of a man;

6 Be not wroth with thy neighbor for every wrong;

7 Pride is hateful before the Lord and before men;

8 Sovereignty is transferred from nation to nation,

9 Why is earth and ashes proud?

10 It is a long disease; the physician mocketh:

11 For when a man is dead,

12 It is the beginning of pride when a man departeth from the Lord;

13 For the beginning of pride is sin;

14 The Lord cast down the thrones of rulers,

15 The Lord plucked up the roots of nations,

16 The Lord overthrew the lands of nations,

17 He took some of them away, and destroyed them,

18 Pride hath not been created for men,

19 What manner of seed hath honor? the seed of man.

20 In the midst of brethren he that ruleth them hath honor;

22 The rich man, and the honorable, and the poor,

23 It is not right to dishonor a poor man that hath understanding;

24 The great man, and the judge, and the mighty man, shall be glorified;

25 Free men shall minister unto a wise servant;

26 Be not over wise in doing thy work;

27 Better is he that laboreth, and aboundeth in all things,

28 My son, glorify thy soul in meekness,

29 Who will justify him that sinneth against his own soul?

30 A poor man is glorified for his knowledge;

31 But he that is glorified in poverty, how much more in riches?