Verse 1: Indodana ehlakaniphileyo iyalaywa nguyise, kepha isideleli asilaleli ukukhuzwa.
Verse 2: Umuntu uyadla okuhle ngesithelo somlomo wakhe, kepha umphefumulo wabambuluzayo uyadla ubudlwangudlwangu.
Verse 3: Olinda umlomo wakhe ugcina ukuphila kwakhe; okhamisa izindebe zakhe uyakuba nencithakalo.
Verse 4: Umphefumulo wevila uyafisa, ungatholi lutho, kepha imiphefumulo yabakhutheleyo iyakhuluphaliswa.
Verse 5: Olungileyo uyazonda amazwi amanga, kepha omubi ubanga amahloni, ahlazise.
Verse 6: Ukulunga kuyamlondoloza ondlela yakhe iphelele, kepha ububi buyachitha isoni.
Verse 7: Kukhona ozishaya ocebileyo, engenalutho kodwa; kukhona ozishaya ompofu, enemfuyo enkulu.
Verse 8: Ihlawulo lokuphila komuntu liyingcebo yakhe, kepha ompofu akezwa ukukhuzwa.
Verse 9: Ukukhanya kwabalungileyo kuyathokoza, kepha izibani zababi ziyacimeka.
Verse 10: Ngokuziqhenya kuvela ukuxabana kuphela, kepha kwabalulekwayo kukhona ukuhlakanipha.
Verse 11: Imfuyo etholakala kalula iyancipha, kepha obutha kancane kancane uyandiselwa.
Verse 12: Ithemba elilitshazisiweyo ligulisa inhliziyo; isifiso esigcwalisiweyo singumuthi wokuphila.
Verse 13: Odelela izwi uzehlisela ukubhujiswa, kepha owesaba imiyalo uyakuvuzwa.
Verse 14: Ukufundisa kohlakaniphileyo kungumthombo wokuphila, ukuze kudedwe ezihibeni zokufa.
Verse 15: Ukuqonda kahle kuveza umusa, kepha indlela yabambuluzayo ilukhuni.
Verse 16: Bonke abaqondileyo basebenza ngokwazi, kepha isiwula sihlakaza ubuwula.
Verse 17: Isithunywa esibi siwela ebubini, kepha isigijimi esithembekileyo siyimpiliso.
Verse 18: Ubumpofu nehlazo kukuye onqaba ukulaywa, kepha onaka ukusolwa uyadunyiswa.
Verse 19: Isifiso esigcwalisiweyo simnandi emphefumulweni, kepha ukudeda ebubini kuyisinengiso kuzo iziwula.
Verse 20: Ohamba nabahlakaniphileyo uyakuhlakanipha, kepha umngane weziwula uyakushoshozelwa yizo.
Verse 21: Ububi bulandela izoni, kepha abalungileyo bavuzwa ngokuhle.
Verse 22: Olungileyo ushiyela abantwana babantwana bakhe ifa, kepha ingcebo yesoni ibekelelwa olungileyo.
Verse 23: Emqathweni wabampofu kukhona ukudla okuningi, kepha kukhona okuchithwa ngenxa yokungalungi.
Verse 24: Oyeka uswazi uyazonda indodana yakhe, kepha oyithandayo uyayilaya ngesineke.
Verse 25: Olungileyo uyadla uze usuthe umphefumulo wakhe, kepha isisu sababi siyaswela.