7   Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.
yether³⁴⁹⁹ saphah⁸¹⁹³ na'veh⁵⁰⁰⁰ nabal⁵⁰³⁶ sheqer⁸²⁶⁷ saphah⁸¹⁹³ nadiyb⁵⁰⁸¹

8   A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
shachad⁷⁸¹⁰ chen²⁵⁸⁰ 'eben⁶⁸ `ayin<sup>5869</sup> ba`al¹¹⁶⁷ panah⁶⁴³⁷ sakal⁷⁹¹⁹

9   He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
kacah³⁶⁸⁰ pesha`⁶⁵⁸⁸ baqash¹²⁴⁵ 'ahabah¹⁶⁰ shanah⁸¹³⁸ dabar¹⁶⁹⁷ parad⁶⁵⁰⁴ 'alluwph⁴⁴¹

10   A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
g`arah¹⁶⁰⁶ nachath⁵¹⁸¹ biyn⁹⁹⁵ me'ah³⁹⁶⁷ nakah⁵²²¹ kciyl³⁶⁸⁴

11   An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
ra`⁷⁴⁵¹ baqash¹²⁴⁵ mriy⁴⁸⁰⁵ 'akzariy³⁹⁴ mal'ak⁴³⁹⁷ shalach⁷⁹⁷¹

12   Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
dob¹⁶⁷⁷ shakkuwl⁷⁹⁰⁹ pagash⁶²⁹⁸ 'iysh³⁷⁶ 'al⁴⁰⁸ kciyl³⁶⁸⁴ 'ivveleth²⁰⁰

13   Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
shuwb⁷⁷²⁵ ra`<sup>7451</sup> towb<sup>2896</sup> ra`⁷⁴⁵¹ muwsh⁴¹⁸⁵ bayith¹⁰⁰⁴

14   The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.
re'shiyth⁷²²⁵ madown⁴⁰⁶⁶ patar⁶³⁶² mayim⁴³²⁵ natash⁵²⁰³ riyb⁷³⁷⁹ paniym⁶⁴⁴⁰ gala`¹⁵⁶⁶

15   He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.
tsadaq⁶⁶⁶³ rasha`<sup>7563</sup> rasha`⁷⁵⁶¹ tsaddiyq⁶⁶⁶² shnayim⁸¹⁴⁷ tow`ebah⁸⁴⁴¹ Yhovah³⁰⁶⁸