Whakatauki.
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He pai kē te rawakore e haere ana i runga i tōna tapatahi, i te ngutu whanokē, i te whakaarokore. 
Nā, ehara hoki i te mea pai kia kaua he mātauranga mō te wairua; ā, ko te tangata e hohoro ana ōna waewae, ka hara. 
E whakaparoritia ana te ara o te tangata e tōna wairangi; e amuamu ana hoki tōna ngākau ki a Ihowā. 
Mā te rawa ka tokomaha atu ai ngā hoa aroha; e wehea atu ana ia, te rawakore i tōna hoa aroha. 
E kore te kaiwhakapae teka e whakaharakoretia; e kore hoki e mawhiti te tangata kōrero teka. 
He tokomaha e whai kia manakohia e te tangata ringa mahora; he hoa aroha hoki ngā tāngata katoa nō te tangata e hōmai mea ana. 
E kino ana ngā tēina katoa o te rawakore ki a ia; nā, nui kē atu te mataratanga atu o ōna hoa i a ia! Whai noa āna kupu i a rātou, heoi kua riro rātou. 
Ko te tangata e mea ana ki te whakaaro nui mōna, e aroha ana ki tōna wairua ake; ko te tangata e pupuri ana i te mātauranga, ka tūtaki ki te pai. 
E kore te kaiwhakapae teka e whakaharakoretia; ka hunā hoki te tangata kōrero teka. 
E kore e tau te noho rangatira ki te whakaarokore; he makere rawa te noho ko te pononga hei rangatira mō ngā rangatira. 
Ko te ngārahu tūpato ka pupuri i tōna riri; ā, hei whakakorōria mōna te whakarere noa iho i te hē. 
Ko te riri o te kīngi rite tonu ki te hāmama o te raiona; ko tana manako ia ānō he tōmairangi i runga i te tarutaru. 
He aituā mō tōna pāpā te tamaiti whakaarokore; ā, ko ngā ngangare a te wahine, me te māturuturu pūputu tonu. 
He whare, he taonga i tuku iho i ngā mātua; ko te hoa wahine mahara i a Ihowā. 
Mā te māngere e mea kia moe i te moe reka; ka matekai hoki te wairua o te rōrā. 
Ko te tangata e pupuri ana i te whakahau e pupuri ana i tōna wairua; engari, ko te tangata kore whakaaro ki ōna ara ka mate. 
Ko te tangata e ohaoha ana ki te rawakore e whakatārewa moni ana ki a Ihowā, ā, ka utua ki a ia tāna mahi atawhai. 
Pākia tāu tama, i te mea kua whai manakohanga; kaua hoki tōu ngākau e whai tonu i te whakangaromanga mōna. 
Ko te tangata riri nui māna e waha tōna hē; ki te whakaora hoki koe i a ia, ka waiho tonu tēnā hei mahi māu. 
Whakarongo ki te kupu tohutohu, tahuri mai hoki ki te ako, kia whai whakaaro ai koe i tōu mutunga iho. 
He maha ngā whakaaro i roto i te ngākau o te tangata; e tū tonu ana ia tā Ihowā tikanga. 
Ko te hiahia o te tangata te aronga o tana atawhai; engari te rawakore i te tangata teka. 
Ko te wehi ki a Ihowā te ara ki te ora; ā, ko te tangata kei a ia tērā, ka noho mākona; e kore tētahi hē e pā ki a ia. 
E kuhua ana e te māngere tōna ringa ki te rīhi, e kore rawa nei e whakahokia e ia ki tōna māngai. 
Pākia te tangata whakahī, ā, ka tūpato ngā kūware; ākona hoki te tangata mahara, ā, ka mōhio ia ki te mātauranga. 
Ko te tangata e pāhua ana i tōna pāpā, e pei atu ana hoki i tōna whaea, he tama ia e whakamā ai, e ingoa kino ai hoki. 
Kāti, e tāku tama, te whakarongo ki te ako hei mea kau e kotiti atu ai i ngā kupu o te mātauranga. 
E whakahī ana te kaiwhakaatu hē ki te whakawā; e horomia ana hoki te kino e te māngai o te hunga kino. 
Kua rite he whakawā mō ngā whakahī, he whiu mō te tuarā o ngā whakaarokore. 
