Whakatauki.
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Ko te tangata he maha nei ngā riringa i tōna hē, ā, ka whakapakeke i tōna kakī ka whatia ohoreretia ia – tē taea te rongoā. 
Ka whakanuia te hunga tika, ka koa te iwi; ka kīngi te tangata kino, ka auē te iwi. 
Ko te tangata e matenui ana ki te whakaaro nui e whakahari ana i tōna pāpā; ko te tangata ia e piri ana ki ngā wāhine kairau, he maumau taonga tāna. 
Mā te whakawā a te kīngi e mau ai te whenua; ka whakatakā ia e te tangata e tango ana i ngā mea hōmai noa. 
Ko te tangata e whakapati ana ki tōna hoa, e whakatakoto kupenga ana mō ōna waewae. 
He rore kei roto i te hē o te tangata kino; ko te tangata tika ia he waiata tāna, he koa. 
E mahara ana te tangata tika ki te take a te rawakore; kāhore o te tangata kino whakaaro kia mōhiotia e ia. 
Mā ngā tāngata whakahī e tahu te pā kia mura; ko tā te hunga whakaaro nui ia he whakatahuri atu i te riri. 
Ki te totohe te tangata whakaaro nui ki te tangata wairangi, ahakoa riri ia, kata rānei, kāhore he tānga. 
E mauāhara ana te tangata whakaheke toto ki te tangata i te ngākau tapatahi; tēnā ko te hunga tika, ka whai rātou kia whakaorangia ia. 
E puakina ana e te wairangi tōna riri katoa ki waho; e puritia mai ana ia e te tangata whakaaro nui, e pēhia ana. 
Ki te whakarongo te rangatira ki te teka, he kino katoa āna tāngata. 
E tūtaki ana te rawakore rāua ko te kaitūkino ki a rāua; ko Ihowā te kaiwhakamārama o ngā kanohi ō rāua tokorua. 
Ko te kīngi e pono ana tāna whakawā mō ngā rawakore, ka whakapūmautia tōna torōna ake ake. 
Ko te whiu, ko te riri i te hē, he mea hōmai ērā i te whakaaro nui; tēnā ko te tamaiti mahue noa, ka whakamā a ia tōna whaea. 
Ka tokomaha te hunga kino, ka nui te hē; ka kite ia te hunga tika i tō rātou hinganga. 
Pākia tāu tama, ā, ka whai okiokinga koe i a ia; āe rā, he āhuareka tāna e hōmai ai ki tōu wairua. 
Ki te kāhore he whakakitenga, ka kore te iwi e tūpato; ko te kaipupuri ia i te ture, ka hari ia. 
Ehara te kupu i te papaki mō te pononga; ahakoa hoki ia mātau, e kore ia e rongo. 
Ka kite rānei koe i te tangata kaikā ki te kōrero? Engari, te wairangi ka tōtika ake i a ia. 
Ko te tangata e penapena ana i tāna pononga mai o te tamarikitanga, ka waiho ia e ia i te mutunga hei tama tupu. 
He whakaoho whawhai tā te tangata pukuriri; he nui rawa hoki te hē o te tangata āritarita. 
Ka whakaititia iho te tangata e tōna whakapehapeha; ka whai hōnore ia te tangata ngākau pāpaku. 
Ko te tangata e whakauru ana ki tā te tāhae, e kino ana ki tōna ake wairua; e rongo ana ia i te kanga, kāhore e kīkī. 
He rore e hōmai ana e te wehi ki te tangata; ko te tangata ia e whakawhirinaki ana ki a Ihowā ka mawhiti. 
He tokomaha e whai ana kia paingia e te rangatira; otiia i ahu mai i a Ihowā te whakawā mō te tangata. 
He mea whakarihariha ki te hunga tika te tangata whakahaere hē; ā, he mea whakarihariha hoki ki te tangata kino te tangata he tika tōna ara. 
