There is the one who [generously] scatters [abroad], and yet increases all the more;
And there is the one who withholds what is justly due, but it results only in want and poverty.

There is one who speaks rashly like the thrusts of a sword,
But the tongue of the wise brings healing.

Deceit is in the heart of those devising evil, And to those counselling peace is joy.

Lying lips are an abomination to Yahweh, but those who do the truth are his delight.

There are those who act rich, yet have nothing; and those who act poor, yet have great riches.

Only by insolence is strife set up, and wisdom [is] with those who take advice.

Poverty and disgrace come to those
who ignore discipline,
but the one who accepts correction will be honored.

Abundant food is in the fallow (uncultivated) ground of the poor,
But [without protection] it is swept away by injustice.

In the tents of those hating authority there is error, but in the house of the upright man there is grace.

The evil bow before those who are good,
the wicked, at the gates of the righteous.

Even of his neighbour is the poor hated, And those loving the rich are many.

Do they not err that devise evil? but loving-kindness and truth are for those that devise good.

He who is hard on the poor puts shame on his Maker; but he who has mercy on those who are in need gives him honour.

The eyes of the Lord are in every place, keeping watch on those who are evil and those who are good.

The lifestyle of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but he loves those who ardently pursue righteousness.

Those who are greedy for unjust gain bring trouble into their homes, but the person who hates bribes will live.

The LORD detests those who are proud; truly they will not go unpunished.

The wrath of the king is like those who give news of death, but a wise man will put peace in place of it.

Understanding (spiritual insight) is a [refreshing and boundless] wellspring of life to those who have it,
But to give instruction and correction to fools is foolishness.

A fool hath no delight in understanding, but only in those things wherein his heart rejoiceth.

Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those loving it eat its fruit.

Judgment was prepared for those mocking, and blows for the back of the foolish.

The making of treasures by a lying tongue, Is a vanity driven away of those seeking death.

[It is] a joy to the righteous to do justice, but dismay to those who do evil.

There are those who covet greedily all day long; but the righteous give and don't withhold.

The mouth of strange women is a deep pit; those despised by Jehovah shall fall there.

To cause thee to know the certainty of sayings of truth, To return sayings of truth to those sending thee.

For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.

Be not thou among those striking hands, Among sureties for burdens.

Yea the morsels that thou hast eaten shalt thou parbreak and loose those sweet words.

Do not let the landmark of the widow be moved, and do not go into the fields of those who have no father;

Thy heart shall not envy against those sinning: but be in the fear of Jehovah all the day.

Don’t associate with those who drink too much wine
or with those who gorge themselves on meat.

For those who take delight in drink and feasting will come to be in need; and through love of sleep a man will be poorly clothed

indeed, she sets an ambush like a robber
and increases those among men who are unfaithful.

Those tarrying by the wine, Those going in to search out mixed wine.

If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain;

Don't be anxious about those who practice evil, and don't be envious of the wicked.

My son, fear the Lord and the king;
And do not associate with those who are given to change [of allegiance, and are revolutionary],

For their downfall will come suddenly; and who has knowledge of the destruction of those in high positions?

And to those reproving it is pleasant, And on them cometh a good blessing.

As a vessel of snow in a day of harvest, So is a faithful ambassador to those sending him, And the soul of his masters he refresheth.

The one who hires a fool or who hires those passing by
is like an archer who wounds everyone.

A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.

Those who are prudent see danger and take refuge, but the naive continue on and suffer the consequences.

Those forsaking the law praise the wicked, Those keeping the law plead against them.

Evil men understand not judgment, And those seeking Jehovah understand all.

A ruler who lacks understanding is a cruel oppressor, [but] those who hate unjust gain will have long days.

Scornful people inflame a city, but those who are wise turn away wrath.

Without prophetic vision, people abandon restraint, but those who obey the Law are happy.

Many are those who seek the {favor} of a ruler, but from Yahweh {one obtains justice}.

The righteous abhorreth the ungodly; but as for those that be in the right way, the wicked hate them.

Every saying of God is tried, A shield He is to those trusting in Him.

There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, their strong teeth like knives, for the destruction of the poor from the earth, and of those who are in need from among men.

Do not give your [generative] strength to women [neither foreign wives in marriages of alliances, nor concubines],
Nor your ways to that which destroys kings.

For fear that through drinking they may come to have no respect for the law, wrongly judging the cause of those who are in trouble.

Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.

Open thy mouth for the dumb, for the cause of all those that are left desolate.

Let your mouth be open, judging rightly, and give right decisions in the cause of the poor and those in need.

Her hands are stretched out to the poor; yes, she is open-handed to those who are in need.

She has no fear of the snow for her family, for all those in her house are clothed in red.

There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after.

I said to myself, “Look, I have amassed wisdom far beyond all those who were over Jerusalem before me, and my mind has thoroughly grasped wisdom and knowledge.”

And I turned to see wisdom, madness, and folly: for what the man that shall come after the king? with those things they did already.

Of the wise man, as of the foolish man, there is no memory for ever, seeing that those who now are will have gone from memory in the days to come. See how death comes to the wise as to the foolish!

I looked again, and I saw all the oppression that occurs under the sun. {I saw the tears of the oppressed-- no one comforts them! Those who oppress them are powerful-- no one can comfort them}!

So I congratulated and thought more fortunate are those who are already dead than the living who are still living.

For from the house of those turning away he came forth to reign; for also he being born in his kingdom became poor.

There is no end of all the people, of all that stood before them; those however that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and a striving after the wind.

When you make a vow or a pledge to God, do not put off paying it; for God takes no pleasure in fools [who thoughtlessly mock Him]. Pay what you vow.

If you see the oppression of the poor and the denial of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be shocked at the sight [of corruption]; for a higher official watches over another official, and there are higher ones over them [looking out for one another].

When prosperity increases, those who consume it increase. {So its owner gains nothing, except to see his wealth before it is spent}.

But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.

It is better for a person to receive a rebuke from those who are wise than to listen to the song of fools.

Wisdom is good with an inheritance, And an advantage it is to those beholding the sun.

Indeed, wisdom gives protection, just like money does, but it's better to know that wisdom gives life, to those who have mastered it.

Which yet my soul seeketh, but I find not: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.

There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.

I saw all this as I applied my heart to all the deeds done under the sun: {sometimes those in authority harm others}.

So then, I have seen the wicked buried, those who used to go in and out of the holy place [but did not thereby escape their doom], and they are [praised in spite of their evil and] soon forgotten in the city where they did such things. This too is futility (vanity, emptiness).

Though a sinner is doing evil a hundred times, and prolonging himself for it, surely also I know that there is good to those fearing God, who fear before Him.

There is a thing which is to no purpose done on the earth: that there are good men to whom is given the same punishment as those who are evil, and there are evil men who get the reward of the good. I say that this again is to no purpose.

When I gave my mind to the knowledge of wisdom and to seeing the business which is done on the earth (and there are those whose eyes see not sleep by day or by night),

The same fate [comes] to everyone: to the righteous and to the wicked, to the good and to the wicked, to the clean and to the unclean, to those who sacrifice and to those who do not sacrifice. As [with] the good [man], so also to the sinner; [as with] those who swear an oath, so [also] those who fear oaths.

For whoever is chosen, to all those living, there is hope; for a living dog is better than a dead lion.

And again I saw under the sun that the reward goes not to him who is quick, or the fruits of war to the strong; and there is no bread for the wise, or wealth for men of learning, or respect for those who have knowledge; but time and chance come to all.

In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened,

And he is in fear of that which is high, and danger is in the road, and the tree is white with flower, and the least thing is a weight, and desire is at an end, because man goes to his last resting-place, and those who are sorrowing are in the streets;

The sayings of the wise are like goads, and those from masters of collections are like firmly embedded nails. The sayings are given by one Shepherd.

(The Bridegroom)“How fair and beautiful you are, my darling,
How very beautiful!
Your eyes behind your veil are like those of a dove;
Your hair is like [the shimmering black fleece of] a flock of [Arabian] goats
That have descended from Mount Gilead [beyond the Jordan].

The sentinels making rounds in the city found me; they beat me, they wounded me; they took my cloak away from me-- {those sentinels on the walls}!

Thou art beautiful my friend, as delight; becoming as Jerusalem, a terror as those being furnished with banners.

Who this looking forth as the morning, beautiful as the moon, clear as the sun, a terror as those being furnished with banners?

And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine for my beloved, that goeth down sweetly, causing the lips of those that are asleep to speak.

The Beloved to Her Lover: Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-Hamon; he leased out the vineyard to those who maintained it. Each was to bring a thousand shekels of silver for its fruit.

My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: thou, O Solomon, must have a thousand, and those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred.

"Oh, you sinful nation! You people burdened down by iniquity! You offspring of those who keep practicing what is evil! You corrupt children! "They've abandoned the LORD; they've despised the Holy One of Israel; in their estrangement, they've walked away from me.

The upright town has become untrue; there was a time when her judges gave right decisions, when righteousness had a resting-place in her, but now she is full of those who take men's lives.

For this reason the Lord, the Lord of armies, the Strong One of Israel, has said, I will put an end to my haters, and send punishment on those who are against me;

Zion will be redeemed by justice, and those of her who repent, by righteousness.