21:24 It is the rudeness of a man to hearken at the door: but a wise man will be grieved with the disgrace. 21:25 The lips of talkers will be telling such things as pertain not unto them: but the words of such as have understanding are weighed in the balance. 21:26 The heart of fools is in their mouth: but the mouth of the wise is in their heart. 21:27 When the ungodly curseth Satan, he curseth his own soul. 21:28 A whisperer defileth his own soul, and is hated wheresoever he dwelleth. 22:1 A slothful man is compared to a filthy stone, and every one will hiss him out to his disgrace. 22:2 A slothful man is compared to the filth of a dunghill: every man that takes it up will shake his hand. 22:3 An evilnurtured son is the dishonour of his father that begat him: and a [foolish] daughter is born to his loss. 22:4 A wise daughter shall bring an inheritance to her husband: but she that liveth dishonestly is her father’s heaviness. 22:5 She that is bold dishonoureth both her father and her husband, but they both shall despise her. 22:6 A tale out of season [is as] musick in mourning: but stripes and correction of wisdom are never out of time. 22:7 Whoso teacheth a fool is as one that glueth a potsherd together, and as he that waketh one from a sound sleep. 22:8 He that telleth a tale to a fool speaketh to one in a slumber: when he hath told his tale, he will say, What is the matter? 22:9 If children live honestly, and have wherewithal, they shall cover the baseness of their parents. 22:10 But children, being haughty, through disdain and want of nurture do stain the nobility of their kindred. 22:11 Weep for the dead, for he hath lost the light: and weep for the fool, for he wanteth understanding: make little weeping for the dead, for he is at rest: but the life of the fool is worse than death. 22:12 Seven days do men mourn for him that is dead; but for a fool and an ungodly man all the days of his life. 22:13 Talk not much with a fool, and go not to him that hath no understanding: beware of him, lest thou have trouble, and thou shalt never be defiled with his fooleries: depart from him, and thou shalt find rest, and never be disquieted with madness. 22:14 What is heavier than lead? and what is the name thereof, but a fool? 22:15 Sand, and salt, and a mass of iron, is easier to bear, than a man without understanding. 22:16 As timber girt and bound together in a building cannot be loosed with shaking: so the heart that is stablished by advised counsel shall fear at no time. 22:17 A heart settled upon a thought of understanding is as a fair plaistering on the wall of a gallery. 22:18 Pales set on an high place will never stand against the wind: so a fearful heart in the imagination of a fool cannot stand against any fear. 22:19 He that pricketh the eye will make tears to fall: and he that pricketh the heart maketh it to shew her knowledge.