1 Afadhali maskini aendaye katika unyofu wake, Kuliko mpotofu wa midomo aliye mpumbavu.
Proverbes 28.6 1 Samuel 25.25 Psaumes 37.26 Proverbes 15.16 Jacques 2.5-2.6
2 Tena si vizuri nafsi ya mtu ikose maarifa; Naye afanyaye haraka kwa miguu hutenda dhambi.
Proverbes 21.5 Proverbes 29.20 Job 31.5 Proverbes 14.29 Proverbes 28.22
3 Upumbavu wa mtu hupotosha njia yake; Na moyo wake hununa juu ya Bwana.
Psaumes 37.7 2 Rois 3.9-3.10 Actes 13.45-13.46 Nombres 17.12-17.13 Genèse 4.5-4.14
4 Utajiri huongeza rafiki wengi; Bali maskini hutengwa na rafiki yake.
Proverbes 14.20 Proverbes 19.6-19.7 Luc 15.13-15.15 Job 19.13-19.17 Proverbes 10.15
5 Shahidi wa uongo hakosi ataadhibiwa; Wala asemaye uongo hataokoka.
Exode 23.1 Proverbes 21.28 Proverbes 6.19 Daniel 6.24 Proverbes 19.9
6 Watu wengi watamsihi mkuu ili awafadhili; Na kila mtu ni rafiki yake atoaye tunu.
Proverbes 18.16 Proverbes 17.8 Proverbes 29.26 Proverbes 21.14 Genèse 32.20
7 Ndugu zote wa maskini humchukia; Jinsi gani rafiki zake huzidi kujitenga naye! Huwafuata kwa maneno, lakini wametoweka.
Psaumes 38.11 Proverbes 19.4 Proverbes 18.23 Psaumes 88.8 Ecclésiaste 9.15-9.16
8 Apataye hekima hujipenda nafsi yake; Ashikaye ufahamu atapata mema.
Proverbes 16.20 Proverbes 22.18 Jean 14.21 Proverbes 4.4 Psaumes 19.11
9 Shahidi wa uongo hakosi ataadhibiwa; Naye asemaye uongo ataangamia.
Proverbes 19.5 Jérémie 23.25-23.32 Ezéchiel 13.22 Jérémie 29.31-29.32 Esaïe 9.15-9.17
10 Maisha ya anasa hayampasi mpumbavu; Sembuse mtumwa awatawale wakuu.
Proverbes 30.21-30.22 Proverbes 26.1 2 Samuel 3.39 Luc 16.23 Proverbes 17.7
11 Busara ya mtu huiahirisha hasira yake; Nayo ni fahari yake kusamehe makosa.
Proverbes 16.32 Proverbes 14.29 Colossiens 3.12-3.13 Proverbes 15.18 Jacques 1.19
12 Ghadhabu ya mfalme ni kama ngurumo ya simba; Bali hisani yake kama umande juu ya majani.
Osée 14.5 Proverbes 16.14-16.15 Proverbes 28.15 Psaumes 133.3 Proverbes 20.2
13 Mwana mpumbavu ni msiba kwa babaye; Na ugomvi wa mke kama kutona-tona daima.
Proverbes 27.15 Proverbes 21.9 Proverbes 10.1 Proverbes 17.25 Proverbes 17.21
14 Nyumba na mali ni urithi apatao mtu kwa babaye; Bali mke mwenye busara, mtu hupewa na Bwana.
Proverbes 18.22 Jacques 1.17 Proverbes 31.10-31.31 2 Corinthiens 12.14 Proverbes 3.6
15 Uvivu humtia mtu katika usingizi mzito; Na nafsi yake mvivu itaona njaa.
Proverbes 20.13 Proverbes 23.21 Proverbes 6.9-6.10 2 Thessaloniciens 3.10 Proverbes 24.33
16 Yeye aihifadhiye amri huihifadhi nafsi yake; Bali yeye asiyeziangalia njia zake atakufa.
Luc 10.28 Proverbes 16.17 Proverbes 13.13 Luc 11.28 Proverbes 22.5
17 Amhurumiaye maskini humkopesha Bwana; Naye atamlipa kwa tendo lake jema.
Proverbes 28.27 2 Corinthiens 9.6-9.8 Ecclésiaste 11.1 Matthieu 25.40 Hébreux 6.10
18 Mrudi mwanao, kwa maana liko tumaini; Wala usiikaze nafsi yako kwa kuangamia kwake.
Proverbes 13.24 Proverbes 29.15 Proverbes 22.15 Proverbes 23.13-23.14 Proverbes 29.17
19 Mtu wa hasira nyingi atachukua adhabu yake, Maana ujapomwokoa huna budi kufanya tena.
1 Samuel 26.21-26.25 2 Samuel 16.5-16.6 1 Samuel 22.7-22.23 Proverbes 22.24-22.25 1 Samuel 20.30-20.31
20 Sikiliza mashauri, ukapokee mafundisho, Upate kuwa na hekima siku zako za mwisho.
Proverbes 12.15 Luc 16.19-16.23 Nombres 23.10 Psaumes 90.12 Psaumes 90.14
21 Mna hila nyingi moyoni mwa mtu; Lakini shauri la Bwana ndilo litakalosimama.
Proverbes 16.9 Proverbes 16.1 Esaïe 14.24 Psaumes 33.10-33.11 Esaïe 14.26-14.27
22 Haja ya mwanadamu ni hisani yake; Ni afadhali maskini kuliko mwongo.
Marc 14.6-14.8 Job 17.5 1 Chroniques 29.2-29.3 2 Chroniques 6.8 2 Corinthiens 8.12
23 Kumcha Bwana huelekea uhai; Atakaa ameshiba; hatajiliwa na ubaya.
Matthieu 5.6 Hébreux 13.5-13.6 Proverbes 14.26-14.27 1 Timothée 4.8 Psaumes 90.14
24 Mtu mvivu hutia mkono wake sahanini; Ila hataki hata kuupeleka kinywani pake.
Proverbes 15.19 Marc 14.20 Psaumes 74.11 Matthieu 26.23 Proverbes 19.15
25 Mpige mwenye mzaha, na mjinga atapata busara; Mwonye mwenye ufahamu, naye atatambua maarifa.
Proverbes 21.11 Deutéronome 13.11 Apocalypse 3.19 Deutéronome 21.21 Proverbes 9.8-9.10
26 Apotezaye mali za babaye na kumfukuza mamaye, Ni mwana aaibishaye, na kuleta lawama.
Proverbes 10.5 Proverbes 17.2 Proverbes 30.17 Proverbes 28.24 Deutéronome 21.18-21.21
27 Mwanangu, acha kusikia mafundisho, Ukitaka tu kuyaasi maneno ya maarifa.
Matthieu 16.12 Matthieu 16.6 1 Timothée 6.3-6.5 Jean 10.5 Marc 7.6-7.14
28 Shahidi asiyefaa kitu hudhihaki hukumu, Na vinywa vya wasio haki humeza uovu.
Job 15.16 Job 34.7 Job 20.12-20.13 Proverbes 15.14 Psaumes 10.5
29 Hukumu zimewekwa tayari kwa wenye mzaha; Na mapigo kwa mgongo wa wapumbavu.
Proverbes 26.3 Proverbes 10.13 Proverbes 9.12 Hébreux 12.6 Proverbes 7.22