Many curry favor with a ruler, and everyone is the friend of a man who gives gifts.
A poor man is shunned by all his relatives-- how much more do his friends avoid him! Though he pursues them with pleading, they are nowhere to be found.
He who gets wisdom loves his own soul; he who cherishes understanding prospers.
A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who pours out lies will perish.
It is not fitting for a fool to live in luxury-- how much worse for a slave to rule over princes!
너그럽게 주는 사람에게는 은혜 입기를 원하는 사람이 많고, 선물을 잘 주는 사람에게는 모두가 친구이다.
가난하면 친척도 그를 싫어하는데, 하물며 친구가 그를 멀리하지 않겠느냐? 뒤따라가며 말을 붙이려 하여도, 아무런 소용이 없다.
지혜를 얻는 사람은 자기 영혼을 사랑하고, 명철을 지키는 사람은 복을 얻는다.
거짓 증인은 벌을 피할 수 없고, 거짓말을 하는 사람은 망하고 만다.
미련한 사람이 사치스럽게 사는 것도 마땅하지 않은데, 하물며 종이 고관들을 다스리는 것이랴?
A man's wisdom gives him patience; it is to his glory to overlook an offense.
A king's rage is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
A foolish son is his father's ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping.
Houses and wealth are inherited from parents, but a prudent wife is from the LORD.
Laziness brings on deep sleep, and the shiftless man goes hungry.