1. A wise son takes his father’s chastening: but a scorner does not hear rebuke.
2. Of the fruit of his mouth man shall eat well: but the soul of the transgressors shall starve.
3. He that keeps his mouth keeps his life: but he that opens his lips often shall have calamity.
4. The soul of the sluggard desires, and attains nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
5. The righteous man hates lying: but the wicked man makes himself loathsome, and abominable.