1 Usiwahusudu watu waovu, Wala usitamani kuwa pamoja nao;
Proverbes 23.17 Proverbes 3.31 Psaumes 37.1 Proverbes 24.19 Psaumes 37.7
2 Kwa maana moyo wao hufikiri dhuluma, Na midomo yao huongea madhara.
Psaumes 10.7 Psaumes 7.14 Psaumes 28.3 Job 15.35 Actes 13.10
3 Nyumba hujengwa kwa hekima, Na kwa ufahamu huthibitika,
Proverbes 14.1 Proverbes 9.1 Colossiens 2.7 Jérémie 10.12 1 Corinthiens 3.9
4 Na kwa maarifa vyumba vyake hujazwa Vitu vyote vya thamani na vya kupendeza.
Proverbes 21.20 Proverbes 15.6 Néhémie 10.39 1 Chroniques 29.2-29.9 Matthieu 13.52
5 Mtu mwenye hekima ana nguvu; Naam, mtu wa maarifa huongeza uwezo;
Proverbes 21.22 Ecclésiaste 7.19 Colossiens 1.11 Psaumes 84.7 Ecclésiaste 9.14-9.18
6 Maana kwa mashauri ya akili utafanya vita; Na kwa wingi wa washauri huja wokovu.
Proverbes 20.18 Proverbes 11.14 Proverbes 15.22 Ephésiens 6.10-6.20 2 Timothée 4.7
7 Kwa mpumbavu hekima haipatikani; Hafumbui kinywa chake langoni.
Proverbes 14.6 Psaumes 10.5 1 Corinthiens 2.14 Amos 5.12 Proverbes 15.24
8 Mtu afikiriye kutenda maovu, Watu watamwita mtundu;
Romains 1.30 Proverbes 6.14 Proverbes 14.22 Psaumes 21.11 Proverbes 24.9
9 Fikira za mpumbavu ni dhambi, Na mwenye mzaha huwachukiza watu.
Matthieu 15.19 Actes 8.22 Proverbes 29.8 Matthieu 5.28 Proverbes 23.7
10 Ukizimia siku ya taabu, Nguvu zako ni chache.
Job 4.5 Ephésiens 3.13 Esaïe 40.28-40.31 Jérémie 51.46 2 Corinthiens 4.1
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11 Uwaokoe wanaochukuliwa ili wauawe; Nao walio tayari kuchinjwa uwaopoe.
Psaumes 82.4 Esaïe 58.6-58.7 1 Samuel 26.8-26.9 1 Jean 3.16-3.17 Luc 23.23-23.25
12 Ukisema, Sisi hatukujua hayo; Je! Yeye aipimaye mioyo siye afahamuye? Naye ailindaye nafsi yako siye ajuaye? Je! Hatamlipa kila mtu sawasawa na kazi yake?
Job 34.11 Apocalypse 2.23 Psaumes 121.8 Proverbes 21.2 Ecclésiaste 5.8
13 Mwanangu, ule asali, kwa maana ni njema, Na sega la asali lililo tamu ulionjapo.
Cantique 5.1 Esaïe 7.15 Proverbes 25.16 Proverbes 25.27 Psaumes 119.103
14 Basi utaijua hekima kuwa tamu kwa nafsi yako; Ikiwa umekwisha kuiona; Ndipo itakapofuata thawabu; Wala tumaini lako halitabatilika.
Proverbes 23.18 Proverbes 2.10 Psaumes 119.103 Jacques 1.25 Jérémie 15.16
15 Ewe mtu mbaya, usiyavizie makao yake mwenye haki; Wala usipaharibu mahali pake pa kupumzika;1 Samuel 22.18-22.19 Proverbes 22.28 Psaumes 37.32 Actes 9.24 Actes 23.16
16 Kwa maana mwenye haki huanguka mara saba akaondoka tena; Bali wasio haki hukwazwa na mabaya.
Psaumes 37.24 Michée 7.8-7.10 Psaumes 34.19 Job 5.19 2 Corinthiens 4.8-4.12
17 Usifurahi, adui yako aangukapo; Wala moyo wako usishangilie ajikwaapo;
Job 31.29 Proverbes 17.5 Abdias 1.12 Psaumes 35.19 1 Corinthiens 13.6-13.7
18 Bwana asije akaliona hilo, likamkasirisha; Akageuzia mbali naye hasira yake.
Zacharie 1.15-1.16 Lamentations 4.21-4.22
19 Usikasirike kwa sababu ya watenda mabaya; Wala usiwahusudu wabaya;
Psaumes 37.1 Proverbes 24.1 Proverbes 23.17 2 Corinthiens 6.17 2 Timothée 3.2-3.5
20 Kwa maana mtu mbaya hapati thawabu; Taa ya mtu mbaya itazimika.
Proverbes 13.9 Proverbes 20.20 Job 21.17 Job 18.5-18.6 Psaumes 9.17
21 Mwanangu, mche Bwana, na mfalme; Wala usishirikiane na wenye kigeugeu;
Romains 13.1-13.7 1 Pierre 2.13-2.17 Tite 3.1 1 Samuel 12.12-12.19 2 Samuel 15.13-15.37
22 Maana msiba wao utatokea kwa ghafula; Tena ni nani aujuaye uharibifu wa miaka yao.
Proverbes 16.14 2 Chroniques 13.16-13.17 Psaumes 90.11 2 Samuel 18.7-18.8 Proverbes 20.2
23 Haya nayo pia ni maneno ya wenye akili. Kupendelea watu katika hukumu si kwema.
Proverbes 18.5 Proverbes 28.21 Proverbes 1.6 Psaumes 107.43 Lévitique 19.15
24 Amwambiaye mtu mwovu, Wewe una haki; Kabila za watu watamlaani, taifa watamchukia.
Proverbes 17.15 Proverbes 11.26 Esaïe 5.23 Proverbes 28.27 Ezéchiel 13.22
25 Bali kwao wakemeao furaha itakuwako; Na baraka ya kufanikiwa itawajilia.
Proverbes 28.23 Néhémie 13.28 Tite 1.13 Néhémie 13.8-13.11 Job 29.16-29.18
26 Aibusu midomo atoaye jawabu la haki.
Proverbes 25.11-25.12 Marc 12.32-12.34 Proverbes 15.23 Proverbes 16.1 Job 6.25
27 Tengeneza kazi yako huko nje, Jifanyizie kazi yako tayari shambani, Ukiisha, jenga nyumba yako.
Luc 14.28-14.30 1 Rois 6.7 1 Rois 5.17-5.18
28 Usimshuhudie jirani yako pasipo sababu, Wala usidanganye kwa midomo yako.
Ephésiens 4.25 Proverbes 25.18 1 Rois 21.9-21.13 Colossiens 3.9 Exode 23.1
29 Usiseme, Nitamtenda kama alivyonitenda mimi; Nitamlipa mtu huyo sawasawa na tendo lake.
Proverbes 20.22 1 Thessaloniciens 5.15 Romains 12.17-12.21 2 Samuel 13.22-13.28 Juges 15.11
30 Nalipita karibu na shamba la mvivu, Na shamba la mizabibu la mtu asiye na akili.
Job 15.17 Job 4.8 Job 5.27 Ecclésiaste 8.9-8.11 Proverbes 12.11
31 Kumbe! Lote pia limemea miiba; Uso wake ulifunikwa kwa viwawi; Na ukuta wake wa mawe umebomoka.
Jérémie 4.3 Matthieu 13.22 Esaïe 5.5 Hébreux 6.8 Matthieu 13.7
32 Ndipo nilipoangalia na kufikiri sana; Naliona, nikapata mafundisho.
Deutéronome 13.11 Jude 1.5-1.7 Psaumes 4.4 Luc 2.19 1 Corinthiens 10.11
33 Bado kulala kidogo, kusinzia kidogo, Bado kukunja mikono upate usingizi!
Proverbes 6.4-6.11 1 Thessaloniciens 5.6-5.8 Romains 13.11 Ephésiens 5.14
34 Hivyo, umaskini wako huja kama mnyang’anyi, Na uhitaji wako kama mtu mwenye silaha.
Proverbes 10.4 Proverbes 13.4