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1Mā te kupu ngāwari e kaupare te riri;mā te kupu taimaha ia e whakaoho te riri.2Ko te arero o te tangata whakaaro nui e whakahua tika ana i te mātauranga;e whakapuaki ana ia te māngai o ngā kūware i te wairangi.3Kei ngā wāhi katoa ngā kanohi o Ihowā,e titiro ana ki te hunga kino, ki te hunga pai.4Ko te arero reka he rākau nō te ora;tēnā ki te whanokē a roto he wāwāhi wairua.5E whakahāwea ana te wairangi ki te papaki a tōna pāpā;ko te tangata ia e mahara ana ki te ako ka mōhio ki te tūpato.6He nui te taonga kei te whare o te tangata tika;he raruraru ia kei roto i ngā mea hua ki te tangata kino.7E ruia ana te mātauranga e ngā ngutu o ngā whakaaro nui;kāhore ia he pēnā a te ngākau o ngā kūware.8He mea whakarihariha ki a Ihowā te whakahere a te hunga kino;engari, e manako ana ia ki te īnoi a te hunga tika.9He mea whakarihariha ki a Ihowā te huarahi o te tangata kino;ko te tangata ia e whai ana i te tika tāna e aroha ai.10He kino te papaki ki te tangata e whakarere ana i te ara;ā, ko te tangata e kino ana ki te ako, ka mate.11Kei te aroaro o Ihowā te rēinga me te whakangaromanga;engari rawa hoki ngā ngākau o ngā tama a te tangata.12E kore te tangata whakahī e aroha ki te kaipapaki;e kore hoki e haere ki te hunga whakaaro nui.13Mā te koa o te ngākau ka pai ai te mata;mā te pōuri ia o te ngākau ka marū ai te wairua.14E rapu ana te ngākau mōhio i te mātauranga;ko te kūware ia tā te māngai o ngā wairangi e kai ai.15He kino ngā rā katoa o te hunga pōuri;he hākari tonu tā te tangata i te ngākau mārama.16He pai kē te iti i kīnakitia ki te wehi ki a Ihowā,i te nui taonga i kīnakitia ki te raruraru.17He pai ake te tina pūwhā ko te aroha hei kīnaki,i te kau whāngai e kīnakitia ana ki te mauāhara.18He whakaoho tautohe tā te tangata pukuriri;he pēhi pakanga ia tā te tangata manawanui.19Ko te ara o te tangata māngere, ānō he taiepa tātarāmoa;he ara nui ia tō te tangata tika.20He tama whakaaro nui, ka koa te pāpā;tēnā ko te tama kūware, he whakahāwea ki tōna whaea.21Ki te tangata maharakore he mea whakahari te wairangi;he tika ia te haere a te tangata mātau.22Ki te kāhore he rūnanga, ka pororaru ngā tikanga;mā te tokomaha ia o ngā kaiwhakatakoto whakaaro ka mau ai.23Kei tā tōna māngai i whakahoki ai he koa mō te tangata;ko te kupu i te wā i tika ai, ānō te pai!24Ki te tangata whakaaro nui e ahu whakarunga ana te ara ki te ora,he mea kia mahue ai i a ia te rēinga o raro.25Ka hūtia ake e Ihowā te whare o te tangata whakakake;engari ka whakapūmautia e ia te rohe o te pouaru.26He mea whakarihariha ki a Ihowā ngā whakaaro nanakia;he mea kohakore ia ngā kupu āhuareka.27Ko te tangata apo taonga, raruraru ana i a ia tōna whare;ka ora ia te tangata e kino ana ki ngā mea hōmai noa.28Ko te ngākau o te tangata tika e āta whakaaro ana ki te kupu hei whakahokinga;ko te māngai ia o te tangata kino e tāhoro ana i ngā mea kikino.29E matara ana a Ihowā i te hunga kino;otiia e rongo ana ia ki te īnoi a te hunga tika.30Mā te mārama o ngā kanohi ka koa ai te ngākau;ā, mā te rongo pai ka mōmona ai ngā wheua.31Ko te taringa e whakarongo ana ki te whakatūpato e ora ai,ka noho i waenga i te hunga whakaaro nui.32Ko te tangata e whakakāhore ana ki te papaki, e whakahāwea ana ki tōna wairua;engari ko te tangata e rongo ana ki te ako, ka whiwhi ki te ngākau mahara.33Ko te wehi ki a Ihowā te ako o te whakaaro nui;ko te ngākau whakaiti hoki e haere ana i mua i te hōnore.