1. Better a dry crust with peace and quiet than a house full of feasting, with strife.
2. A prudent servant will rule over a disgraceful son and will share the inheritance as one of the family.
3. The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold, but the Lord tests the heart.
4. A wicked person listens to deceitful lips; a liar pays attention to a destructive tongue.
5. Whoever mocks the poor shows contempt for their Maker; whoever gloats over disaster will not go unpunished.