ECB(i)
1 Better, the impoverished walking in integrity, than the perverted in lips who is a fool.
2 Also, without knowledge, the soul is not good; and he who hastens with his feet, sins.
3 The folly of humanity perverts his way; whose heart rages against Yah Veh.
4 Wealth adds many friends; and the poor is separated from his friend.
5 Neither is a false witness exonerated nor escapes he who breathes lies.
6 Many stroke the face of the volunteer; and all are a friend of a man of gifts.
7 All the brothers hate the impoverished; how much more, his companions far from him. he pursues them with sayings; yet they are not.
8 He who chattelizes heart loves his own soul; he who guards discernment finds good.
9 A false witness is not exonerated and he who breathes lies destructs.
10 Delight befits not a fool; much less a servant to reign over governors.
11 The comprehension of a human prolongs his wrath; and his beauty is to pass over a rebellion.
12 The rage of the sovereign is as the growling of a whelp; and his pleasure is as dew on the herbage.
13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father; and the contentions of a woman are a continual dripping.
14 House and wealth are the inheritance of fathers; and a comprehending woman is from Yah Veh.
15 Sloth falls into a deep sleep; and a deceitful soul famishs.
16 Whoever guards the misvah, guards his own soul; and whoever despises his ways, dies.
17 Whoever grants charism to the poor lends to Yah Veh; and shalams what he deals.
18 Discipline your son while there is hope and lift not your soul for his death.
19 One of harsh wrath must bear the penalty; for if you rescue him, you must do it again.
20 Hear counsel and take discipline, that you finally enwisen.
21 Many are the fabrications in the heart of man; nevertheless the counsel of Yah Veh rises.
22 The desire of a human is his mercy; better, impoverishment than a man of lies.
23 To awe Yah Veh is unto life; he stays satisfied; he is not visited with evil.
24 The sloth hides his hand in his bosom and returns it not to his mouth.
25 Smite a scorner, and the gullible strategize; reprove the discerner, and he discerns knowledge.
26 Whoever ravages his father and has his mother to flee, is a son that shames and blushes.
27 Cease, my son, to hear the discipline to err inadvertently from the sayings of knowledge.
28 A witness of Beli Yaal scorns judgment; and the mouth of the wicked swallows mischief.
29 Judgments are prepared for scorners; and poundings for the back of fools.