Whakatauki.
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Ko ngā whakatakataka a te ngākau nā te tangata; engari, ko te kupu whakahoki a te arero nā Ihowā. 
Ko ngā ara katoa o te tangata he mā ki ōna ake kanohi; ko Ihowā ia ki te pāuna i ngā wairua. 
Utaina āu mahi ki runga ki a Ihowā, ā, ka whakapūmautia ōu whakaaro. 
He mea hanga nā Ihowā ngā mea katoa mō tōna tutukitanga, mō tōna; āe rā, ko te tangata kino hoki mō te rā o te kino. 
He mea whakarihariha nā Ihowā te hunga ngākau whakakake katoa; ahakoa pupuri te ringa ki te ringa, e kore ia e kore te whiua. 
Ko te mahi tohu tangata me te pono hei pure mō te kino; mā te wehi hoki ki a Ihowā ka mawehe atu ai te tangata i te kino. 
Ki te pai a Ihowā ki ngā ara o te tangata, ka meinga e ia ōna hoariri nei anō kia mau te rongo ki a ia. 
He pai ake te mea iti i runga i te tika, i ngā hua maha ki te kāhore he tika. 
Ko te ngākau o te tangata hei whakaaro i tōna ara; ko Ihowā ia hei whakatika i tōna hīkoi. 
He kupu atua kei ngā ngutu o te kīngi; e kore tōna māngai e poka kē ina whakawā. 
Ko te taimaha tika, ko te pāuna tika, nā Ihowā; he mahi nāna ngā kōhatu katoa o te pūtea. 
He mea whakarihariha ki ngā kīngi te mahi i te kino; nā te tika hoki i ū ai te torōna. 
He mea āhuareka ki ngā kīngi ngā ngutu tika; e aroha ana hoki rātou ki te tangata e kōrero tika ana. 
Ko te riri o te kīngi ānō he karere mō te mate; engari ka whakamārietia e te tangata whakaaro nui. 
He ora kei te mārama o te mata o te kīngi; ā, ko tana manako he rite ki te kapua o tō muri ua. 
Ko te whiwhi ki te whakaaro nui, ānō te pai! Pai atu i te whiwhi ki te kōura; ko te whiwhi hoki ki te mātauranga te mea e hiahiatia nuitia atu i te hiriwa. 
Ko te huanui o te hunga tika he mawehe atu i te kino, ko te tangata e whai whakaaro ana ki tōna ara, ka mau tōna wairua. 
Haere ai te whakakake i mua o te whakangaromanga, te wairua whakapehapeha i mua i te hinganga. 
Ko te ngākau whakaiti i waenga i te hunga rawakore, pai atu i te uru ki te tūwhanga taonga a te hunga whakakake. 
Ko te tangata e tahuri ana ki te kupu, ka kite i te pai; ā, ko te tangata e whakawhirinaki ana ki a Ihowā, ka hari. 
Ka kīia te whakaaro nui he mātau; mā te reka hoki o ngā ngutu ka neke ai te mōhio. 
Ko te mātauranga te puna o te ora mō te tangata i whiwhi ki tērā; ko te ako ia mō te hunga wairangi ko tō rātou wairangi anō. 
Mā te ngākau o te tangata whakaaro nui e tohutohu tōna māngai, e āpiti hoki he kupu mōhio ki ōna ngutu. 
Ko ngā kupu matareka ānō kei te honikoma, he reka ki te wairua, he rongoā ki ngā wheua. 
Tērā he ara e tika ana ki te titiro a te tangata; ko tōna mutunga ia ko ngā ara ki te mate. 
Ko te hiahia o te tangata e mahi ana, e mahi ana mōna; nō te mea e akiakina ana ia e tōna māngai. 
E whakatakoto ana te tangata tikangakore i te kino, ā, kei ōna ngutu ānō he ahi e kā ana. 
Ko tā te tangata whanokē he tītaritari i te raruraru; ko tā te tangata kawekawe kōrero he wehewehe i ngā hoa tupu. 
Whakawai ai te tangata nanakia i tōna hoa, kawe ai i a ia ki te huarahi kāhore i pai. 
Ko te tangata e whakamoe ana i ōna kanohi, e mea ana kia whakaaroa ai e ia ngā mea whanokē; ko te tangata e kokopi ana i ōna ngutu e whakatutuki ana i te kino. 
He karauna korōria te māhunga hina, e ka kitea i runga i te ara o te tika. 
Engari rawa te tangata manawanui i te tangata kaha, te tangata e pēhia ana e ia tōna wairua i te tangata i horo ai te pā. 
E makā ana te rota ki roto ki te kokorutanga o te kākahu; kei a Ihowā ia te tikanga katoa. 
