Many have sinned for a thing indifferent;

2 A nail will stick fast between the joinings of stones;

3 Unless a man hold on diligently in the fear of the Lord,

4 In the shaking of a sieve, the refuse remaineth;

5 The furnace will prove the potter’s vessels;

6 The fruit of a tree declareth the husbandry thereof;

7 Praise no man before thou hearest him reason;

8 If thou followest righteousness, thou shalt obtain her,

9 Birds will resort unto their like;

10 The lion lieth in wait for prey;

11 The discourse of a godly man is always wisdom:

12 Among men void of understanding observe the opportunity;

13 The discourse of fools is an offense;

14 The talk of a man of many oaths will make the hair stand upright;

15 The strife of the proud is a shedding of blood;

16 He that revealeth secrets destroyeth credit,

17 Love a friend, and keep faith with him:

18 For as a man hath destroyed his enemy,

19 And as a bird which thou hast loosed out of thy hand,

20 Pursue him not, for he is gone far away,

21 For a wound may be bound up, and after reviling there may be a reconcilement;

22 One that winketh with the eye contriveth evil things;

23 When thou art present, he will speak sweetly,

24 I have hated many things, but nothing like him;

25 One that casteth a stone on high casteth it on his own head;

26 He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it;

27 He that doeth evil things, they shall roll upon him,

28 Mockery and reproach are from the haughty;

29 They that rejoice at the fall of the godly shall be taken in a snare;

30 Wrath and anger, these also are abominations;