1) Better is a piece of dry bread, and with it peace, than a house full of slaughtered cattle, with discord.
2) A reasonable slave rules over a dissolute son and divides the inheritance between his brothers.
3) The smelter is for silver, and the crucible is for gold, but the Lord tests the hearts.
4) An evildoer listens to wicked lips, a liar listens to a destructive tongue.
5) He who swears at a beggar blasphemes his Creator; whoever rejoices in misfortune will not go unpunished [and the merciful will have mercy].
6) The crown of old men is the sons of sons, and the glory of children is their parents. [The faithful have a whole world of wealth, but the infidel has not an obol.]
7) It is indecent for a fool to speak important speech, much less for a noble person to have lying lips.
8) A gift is a precious stone in the eyes of the one who owns it: wherever he turns, he will succeed.
9) The one who covers up the offense seeks love; and whoever reminds him again removes his friend.
10) A reprimand has a stronger effect on a wise man than a hundred blows on a fool.
11) The troublemaker seeks only evil; therefore a cruel angel will be sent against him.
12) It is better for a man to meet a bear deprived of children than a fool with his stupidity.
13) Whoever repays good with evil, evil will not depart from his house.
14) The beginning of a quarrel is like a burst of water; leave the quarrel before it flares up.
15) He who justifies the wicked and accuses the righteous are both an abomination to the Lord.
16) Why is treasure in the hands of a fool? He does not have the intelligence to acquire wisdom. [He who makes his house high seeks to be broken; and he who deviates from the teaching will fall into trouble.]
17) A friend loves at all times and, like a brother, will appear in times of misfortune.
18) A weak-minded man gives his hand and vouches for his neighbor.
19) He who loves quarrels loves sin, and he who lifts his gates high seeks to fall.
20) A deceitful heart will not find good, and a crafty tongue will fall into trouble.
21) If anyone gives birth to a fool, it will be his own misfortune, and the father of the fool will not rejoice.
22) A cheerful heart is beneficial, like medicine, but a sad spirit dries out the bones.
23) The wicked takes a gift from his bosom to pervert the ways of justice.
24) Wisdom is in the face of the wise, but the eyes of a fool are at the ends of the earth.
25) A foolish son is an annoyance to his father and a grief to his mother.
26) It is not good to accuse the right and to beat nobles for the truth.
27) A wise man is temperate in his words, and a prudent man is cold-blooded.
28) And a fool, when he is silent, can seem wise, and he who shuts his mouth can seem prudent.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru