5   A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.
sheqer⁸²⁶⁷ `ed⁵⁷⁰⁷ naqah⁵³⁵² puwach⁶³¹⁵ kazab³⁵⁷⁷ malat⁴⁴²²

6   Many will intreat the favour of the prince: and every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts.
rab⁷²²⁷ chalah²⁴⁷⁰ paniym⁶⁴⁴⁰ nadiyb⁵⁰⁸¹ rea`⁷⁴⁵³ 'iysh³⁷⁶ mattan⁴⁹⁷⁶

7   All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do his friends go far from him? he pursueth them with words, yet they are wanting to him.
'ach²⁵¹ ruwsh⁷³²⁶ sane'⁸¹³⁰ merea`⁴⁸²⁸ rachaq⁷³⁶⁸ radaph⁷²⁹¹ 'emer⁵⁶¹

8   He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good.
qanah⁷⁰⁶⁹ leb³⁸²⁰ 'ahab¹⁵⁷ nephesh⁵³¹⁵ shamar⁸¹⁰⁴ tabuwn⁸³⁹⁴ matsa'⁴⁶⁷² towb²⁸⁹⁶

9   A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.
sheqer⁸²⁶⁷ `ed⁵⁷⁰⁷ naqah⁵³⁵² puwach⁶³¹⁵ kazab³⁵⁷⁷ 'abad⁶

10   Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
ta`anuwg<sup>8588</sup> na'veh<sup>5000</sup> kciyl<sup>3684</sup> `ebed⁵⁶⁵⁰ mashal⁴⁹¹⁰ sar⁸²⁶⁹

11   The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
sekel⁷⁹²² 'adam¹²⁰ 'arak⁷⁴⁸ 'aph⁶³⁹ tiph'arah⁸⁵⁹⁷ `abar<sup>5674</sup> pesha`⁶⁵⁸⁸

12   The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.
melek⁴⁴²⁸ za`aph<sup>2197</sup> naham<sup>5099</sup> kphiyr<sup>3715</sup> ratsown<sup>7522</sup> tal<sup>2919</sup> `eseb⁶²¹²

13   A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
kciyl³⁶⁸⁴ ben¹¹²¹ havvah¹⁹⁴² 'ab¹ midyan⁴⁰⁷⁹ 'ishshah⁸⁰² tarad²⁹⁵⁶ deleph¹⁸¹²