1 An unfriendly baqash (man) pursues selfishness, and defies all sound thawashayah (judgment).
2 A kasayal (fool) chapatz (has) no delight in thabawan (understanding), but only in galah (revealing) his own opinion.
3 When rashai (wickedness) bawaa (bring), bawaz (contempt) also bawaa (bring), and with charapah (shame) comes disgrace.
4 The dabaray (words) of a ayash (man / husband) pah (mouth) are like imaq (deep) mayam (Waters). The maqawar (fountain) of chakamah (wisdom) is like a nabai (flowing) nachal (stream / river).
5 To be partial to the panay (face of) of the rashai (wicked) is not tawab (good / proper function), nor to deprive the innocent of mashapat (justice).
6 A kasayal (fool's) shapathay (lips) bawaa (bring) into rayab (strife), and his pah (mouth) qaraa (called) beatings.
7 A kasayal (fool's) pah (mouth) is his machathah (destruction), and his shapah (lips) are a mawaqash (snare) to his napash (soul).
8 The dabaray (words) of a gossip are like dainty morsels: they yarad (go) down into a person's chadar (innermost) parts.
9 One who is rapah (slack) in his malaakah (work) is ach (brother/kinsman) to him who is a bail (master) of destruction.
10 The sham (name) of Yahawah () is a iz (strength / might / refuge) magadal (tower): the tzadayaq (righteous) rawatz (run) to him, and are shagab (safe).
11 The ishayar (rich) man's hawan (wealth) is his iz (strength / might / refuge) qarayah (city / town), like an unscalable chawamah (wall) in his own imagination.
12 Panayam (face) shabar (destruction) the lab (heart) of ayash (man / husband) is gabah (proud), but panayam (face) honor is inawah (humility).
13 He who gives shawab (turn) before he shamai (hearken / hear), that is awalath (folly) and kalamah (shame) to him.
14 A ayash (man / husband) rawach (spirit / wind) will kawal (all) him in machalah (sickness), but a crushed rawach (spirit / wind), who can nashaa (lift)?
15 The lab (heart) of the bayan (between) qanah (gets) daith (knowledge). The azan (ear) of the chakam (wise) baqash (seeks) daith (knowledge).
16 A adam (man's) mathan (gift) rachab (makes) room for him, and nachah (brings) him panayam (face) gadawal (very great/important/mighty) men.
17 He who pleads his rayab (cause) raashawan (first) seems right; until rai (neigbor/another person) bawaa (bring) and questions him.
18 The gawaral (lot) settles disputes, and keeps itzawam (strong) parad (ones) apart.
19 A ach (brother/kinsman) pashai (offended) is more difficult than a fortified qarayah (city / town); and disputes are like the barayach (bars) of a aramawan (castle).
20 A ayash (man / husband) stomach is shabai (filled) with the paray (fruit) of his pah (mouth). With the harvest of his lips he is shabai (satisfied).
21 Mawath (death) and chay (life) are in the yad (hand) of the lashawan (tongue / language); those who ahab (love) it will akal (eat) its paray (fruit).
22 Whoever matzaa (finds) a ayashah (woman / wife) matzaa (finds) a tawab (good / proper function) thing, and pawaq (obtains) favor of Yahawah ().
23 The rawash (poor) plead for thachanawan (mercy), but the ishayar (rich) inah (answer / respond) harshly.
24 A ayash (man / husband) of many raiyam (companions) may be ruined, but there is a ahab (love) who dabaq (sticks) closer than a ach (brother/kinsman).