Those who wink their eyes are trouble makers, and the mocking fool will be brought down.

The wealth of a rich person is like a fortified city, but the poor are brought to ruin by their poverty.

When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.

Whoever loves instruction and discipline loves knowledge,
But he who hates reproof and correction is stupid.

He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.

He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.

Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom.

When a desire is brought to pass, it delighteth the soul; but fools count it abomination to depart from evil.

In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.

No one has knowledge of a man's grief but himself; and a strange person has no part in his joy.

The wise man, fearing, keeps himself from evil; but the foolish man goes on in his pride, with no thought of danger.

The wicked is brought down in his calamity, but in death, the righteous has a refuge.

Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding; But that which is in the inward part of fools is made known.

The LORD will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow.

Bright eyes cheer the heart;
good news strengthens the bones.

Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD: though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.

Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.

Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.

A troublous soul disquieteth herself; for her own mouth hath brought her thereto.

Better a bit of dry bread in peace, than a house full of feasting and violent behaviour.

A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.

Grandchildren are the crown of the elderly,
and the pride of sons is their fathers.

A bribe is like a bright, precious stone in the eyes of its owner;
Wherever he turns, he prospers.

Let a man meet a [ferocious] bear robbed of her cubs
Rather than the [angry, narcissistic] fool in his folly.

Before his downfall a man’s heart is proud,
but humility comes before honor.

When blows overtake the man of pride, the simple will get sense; say sharp words to the wise, and knowledge will be made clear to him.

Rods are being made ready for the man of pride, and blows for the back of the foolish.

Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

A poor thing, a poor thing, says he who is giving money for goods: but when he has gone on his way, then he makes clear his pride in what he has got.

Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.

The lamp of Yahweh [is] the spirit of humankind, he who searches every {innermost part}.

The blows of a wound will cleanse evil, as will beatings of the {innermost part}.

An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin.

When the man of pride undergoes punishment, the simple man gets wisdom; and by watching the wise he gets knowledge.

Proud and haughty scorner is his name, who dealeth in proud wrath.

He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.

Send away the man of pride, and argument will go out; truly fighting and shame will come to an end.

The slothful hath said, 'A lion is without, In the midst of the broad places I am slain.'

Have no desire for his delicate food, for it is the bread of deceit.

Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:

Keep your eyes from looking on the wine when it is red, when its colour is bright in the cup, when it goes smoothly down:

If thou shalt refrain to deliver those being brought to death, and those going to be slain;

Although a righteous person may fall seven times, he gets up again, but the wicked will be brought down by calamity.

Thou shalt not show thyself proud before the king, and thou shalt not stand in the place of the great.

Like the cold of snow [brought from the mountains] in the time of harvest,
So is a faithful messenger to those who send him;
For he refreshes the life of his masters.

If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:

As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.

The slothful hath said, 'A lion is in the way, A lion is in the broad places.'

As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.

And a sufficiency of goats' milk is for thy bread, For bread to thy house, and life to thy damsels!

A man -- poor and oppressing the weak, Is a sweeping rain, and there is no bread.

He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.

To have respect of persons is not good: for for a piece of bread that man will transgress.

He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the LORD shall be made fat.

Men of pride are the cause of violent acts in a town, but by wise men wrath is turned away.

A man's pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.

A man who takes part with a thief has hate for his soul; he is put under oath, but says nothing.

Remove far from me vanity and lies; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread of my daily need:

There is a generation, O how full of pride are their eyes! O how their brows are lifted up!

For a servant when he reigneth, And a fool when he is satisfied with bread,

The ants a people not strong, and they will prepare their bread in the summer;

She is like the merchant-ships; She bringeth her bread from afar.

She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.

And whatever my eyes desired I did not keep from them; I did not withhold my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labor, and this was my part of all my labor.

Then I examined all of my accomplishments that I had brought about by my own efforts, including the work that I had labored so hard to complete and it was all pointless, like chasing after the wind, and there was nothing to be gained on earth.

Behold, here is what I have seen to be good and fitting: to eat and drink, and to find enjoyment in all the labor in which he labors under the sun during the few days of his life which God gives him—for this is his [allotted] reward.

Every man to whom God has given money and wealth and the power to have pleasure in it and to do his part and have joy in his work: this is given by God.

For he will not brood much over the days of his life, since God will keep him occupied with the joys of his heart.

Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

For I have oft seen the ungodly brought to their graves, and fallen down from the high and glorious place; insomuch that they were forgotten in the city where they were had in so high and great reputation. This is also a vain thing.

Their love and their hate and their envy are now ended; and they have no longer a part for ever in anything which is done under the sun.

Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.

Have joy with the woman of your love all the days of your foolish life which he gives you under the sun. Because that is your part in life and in your work which you do under the sun.

I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.

By slothfulness is the wall brought low, And by idleness of the hands doth the house drop.

Merrily people make bread, and, wine, gladdeneth life, - but, money, answereth all things.

Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.

Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.

Give a part to seven or even to eight, because you have no knowledge of the evil which will be on the earth.

And the doors shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the grinding is low, and he shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of musick shall be brought low;

Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee.

He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love.

The fig tree hath brought forth her figs, and the vine blossoms give a savour.

I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.

It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me.

Your red lips are like a bright thread, and your mouth is fair of form; the sides of your head are like pomegranate fruit under your veil.

Come with me from Lebanon, my bride, With me from Lebanon: Look from the top of Amana, From the top of Senir and Hermon, From the lions dens, From the mountains of the leopards.

Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my bride; Thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, With one chain of thy neck.

How fair is thy love, my sister, my bride! How much better is thy love than wine! And the fragrance of thine oils than all manner of spices!

Thy lips, O my bride, drop as the honeycomb: Honey and milk are under thy tongue; And the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon.

A garden shut up is my sister, my bride; A spring shut up, a fountain sealed.

I am come into my garden, my sister, my bride: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends; Drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.

My Beloved is bright and ruddy, standing out among ten thousand.

His hands are as gold rings set with the beryl: his belly is as bright ivory overlaid with sapphires.

Turn round thine eyes from before me, Because they have made me proud. Thy hair is as a row of the goats, That have shone from Gilead,

"Who [is] this that looks down like the dawn, beautiful as the moon, {bright as the sun}, {overwhelming as an army with banners}?"

“Before I was aware [of what was happening], my desire had brought me
Into the area of the princes of my people [the king’s retinue].”

Thy neck is as it were a tower of ivory; thine eyes are like the water pools in Heshbon, by the port of Bathrabbim. Thy nose is like the tower of Lebanon, which looketh toward Damascus.

I would have guided thee - brought thee into the house of my mother, Thou wouldst have instructed me, - I would have let thee drink of spiced wine, of the pressed-out juice of my pomegranate.

Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? I raised thee up under the apple tree: there thy mother brought thee forth: there she brought thee forth that bare thee.