10:1 The mishlei Sh'lomo (שׁלמה).
A wise son maks a glad father: but a foolish son [is] the heaviness of his mother.
10:2 Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivers from death.
10:3 YHVH (יהוה) will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casts away the substance of the wicked.
10:4 He becomes poor that deals [with] a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maks rich.
10:5 He that gathers in summer [is] a wise son: [but] he that sleeps in harvest [is] a son that causs shame.
10:6 Blessings [are] upon the head of the just: but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.
10:7 The memory of the just [is] blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
10:8 The wise in heart will receive mitzvot: but a prating fool shall fall.
10:9 He that walks uprightly walks surely: but he that perverts his ways shall be known.
10:10 He that winks with the eye causes sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.
10:11 The mouth of a righteous [man is] a well of life: but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.
10:12 Hatred stirrs up strifes: but love covers all sins. Yaakov 5:20; 1 Kefa 4:8
10:13 In the lips of him that has understanding chokmah (wisdom) is found: but a rod [is] for the back of him that is void of understanding.
10:14 Wise [men] lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish [is] near destruction.
10:15 The rich man's wealth [is] his strong city: the destruction of the poor [is] their poverty.
10:16 The labour of the righteous [tends] to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.
10:17 He [is in] the way of life that keeps instruction: but he that refuss reproof errs.
10:18 He that hids hatred [with] lying lips, and he that utters a slander, [is] a fool.
10:19 In the multitude of words there wants not sin: but he that refrains his lips [is] wise.
10:20 The tongue of the just [is as] choice silver: the heart of the wicked [is] little worth.
10:21 The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of chokmah (wisdom).
10:22 The blessing of YHVH (יהוה), it maks rich, and he adds no sorrow with it.
10:23 [It is] as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding has chokmah (wisdom).
10:24 The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.
10:25 As the whirlwind passs, so [is] the wicked no [more]: but the righteous [is] an everlasting foundation.
10:26 As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so [is] the sluggard to them that send him.
10:27 The fear of YHVH (יהוה) prolongs days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
10:28 The hope of the righteous [shall be] gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.
10:29 The way of YHVH (יהוה) [is] strength to the upright: but destruction [shall be] to the workers of iniquity.
10:30 The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.
10:31 The mouth of the just brings forth chokmah (wisdom): but the froward tongue shall be cut out.
10:32 The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked [speaks] frowardness.