Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom.

A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.

Commit thy works unto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be established.

A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.

He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the Lord: but he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him.

Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors is hard.

A good man obtaineth favour of the Lord: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.

The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

The Lord will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but He casteth away the substance of the wicked.

For by me (Wisdom) thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.