Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.
2 A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.
3 The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.
4 A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.
5 Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.
6 Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
7 Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.
8 A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
9 He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
10 A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
11 An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
12 Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
13 Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
14 The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.
15 He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.
16 Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?
17 A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
18 A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.
19 He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.
20 He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.
21 He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.
22 A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
23 A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
24 Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.
25 A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
26 Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity.
27 He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.
28 Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.
1Aduane kakraa bi a ɛwo a asomdwoeɛ ka ho yɛ sene fie a afɔrebɔdeɛ ahyɛ no ma a akasakasa ka ho.Under pastoral review
2Ɔsomfoɔ nyansafoɔ bɛdi ɔba a ɔde aniwuo ba so, na ɔbɛnya agyapadeɛ no bi wɔ anuanom mu.Under pastoral review
3Kyɛmferɛ wɔ hɔ ma dwetɛ, na fononoo ma sika kɔkɔɔ: nanso AWURADE na ɔsɔ akoma hwɛ.Under pastoral review
4Ɔdebɔneyɛni tie anofafa a ɛtwa atorɔ; na ɔtorofoɔ yɛ aso ma tɛkrɛma bɔne.Under pastoral review
5Deɛ ɔdi ohiani ho fɛw no sopa ne Yɛfoɔ: na deɛ n'ani gye amanehunu ho no renfa ne ho nni.Under pastoral review
6Mma mma yɛ mmasiriwa ahenkyɛ; na mma animuonyam ne wɔn agyanom.Under pastoral review
7Kasa a ɛso mfata ɔkwasea: na atorɔ anofafa mfata ɔdehyeɛ koraa.Under pastoral review
8Akyɛdeɛ te sɛ aboɔdenboɔ wɔ deɛ ɔwɔ bi ani so: baabiara a ɛdane kɔ no, ɛyɛ yie.Under pastoral review
9Deɛ ɔkata mmarato so no hwehwɛ ɔdɔ; nanso deɛ ɔti asɛm mu no tetew nnamfo ntam.Under pastoral review
10Animka wura onyansafoɔ mu sene mmaa ɔha a wɔbɔ ɔkwasea.Under pastoral review
11Ɔbɔnefoɔ hwehwɛ atuateɛ nko ara: ɛno enti wɔbɛsoma ɔsomafoɔ tirimuɔdenfoɔ atia no.Under pastoral review
12Ma sisi a wɔawia ne mma nhyia onipa, sene ɔkwasea a ɔwɔ ne nkwaseasɛm mu.Under pastoral review
13Deɛ ɔde bɔne tua papa so ka no, bɔne remfiri ne fie.Under pastoral review
14Akasakasa ahyɛaseɛ te sɛ ɛberɛ a obi gyaa nsuo mu: ɛno enti gyae akyinnyeɛ, ansa na ɛretu mpɔn.Under pastoral review
15Deɛ ɔbu ɔdebɔneyɛni bem, ne deɛ ɔbu ɔteneneeni fɔ, wɔn baanu nyinaa yɛ AWURADE akyiwadeɛ.Under pastoral review
16Adɛn enti na sika wɔ ɔkwasea nsam sɛ ɔbɛtɔ nyansa, ɛberɛ a ɔnni akoma?Under pastoral review
17Adamfo dɔ berɛ nyinaa mu, na wɔwo onua ma ahohia berɛ.Under pastoral review
18Onipa a nteaseɛ nni ne mu bɔ nsa, na ɔdi akagyinamu wɔ ne yɔnko anim.Under pastoral review
19Deɛ ɔdɔ akasakasa no dɔ mmarato: na deɛ ɔma ne ɛpono so no hwehwɛ ɔsɛeɛ.Under pastoral review
20Deɛ ɔwɔ akoma kɔntɔnkye no nnya papa biara: na deɛ ɔwɔ tɛkrɛma kyeakyea no tɔ amanehunu mu.Under pastoral review
21Deɛ ɔwo ɔkwasea no de awerɛhoɔ ba ne ho: na ɔkwasea agya nnya anigyeɛ.Under pastoral review
22Akoma a ani agye yɛ papa sɛ aduro: nanso honhom a abubu ma nnompe wo.Under pastoral review
23Ɔdebɔneyɛni gye adanmudeɛ firi kokom sɛ ɔbɛkyea atemmuo akwan.Under pastoral review
24Nyansa wɔ deɛ ɔwɔ nteaseɛ anim; nanso ɔkwasea ani wɔ asase ano.Under pastoral review
25Ɔba kwasea yɛ n'agya awerɛhoɔ, na ɔyɛ deɛ ɔwoo no yeadie.Under pastoral review
26Bio, sɛ wɔbɛtwe ɔteneneeni aso nso nyɛ papa, na sɛ wɔbɛbɔ mmapɔmma pɛpɛyɛ enti.Under pastoral review
27Deɛ ɔwɔ nimdeɛ kora ne nsɛm so: na onipa a ɔwɔ nteaseɛ wɔ honhom a ɛdwo.Under pastoral review
28Ɔkwasea mpo, sɛ ɔyɛ komm a, wɔbu no sɛ onyansafoɔ: na deɛ ɔmua n'anofafa no, wɔbu no sɛ onipa a ɔwɔ nteaseɛ.Under pastoral review