A divine sentence is in the lips of the king. His mouth shall not transgress in judgment.

A man of violence entices his neighbor, and leads him in a way that is not good.

He who mocks a poor man reproaches his maker. He who is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished.

Excellent speech is not appropriate to a fool, much less lying lips to a prince.

He who rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

Also to punish a righteous man is not good, [nor] to smite nobles for uprightness.

To respect the person of a wicked man is not good, [nor] to turn aside a righteous man in judgment.

Also, that the soul be without knowledge is not good. And he who hastens with his feet sins.

A FALSE witness shall not be unpunished, and he who utters lies shall not escape.

A FALSE witness shall not be unpunished, and he who utters lies shall perish.

Luxurious living is not fitting for a fool, much less for a servant to have rule over rulers.

Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.

The fear of LORD is life to a man, and he shall abide satisfied. He shall not be visited with evil.

The sluggard buries his hand in the dish, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler, and whoever errs thereby is not wise.

The sluggard will not plow because of the winter. Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.

Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty. Open thine eyes, [and] thou shall be satisfied with bread.

He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets. Therefore do not associate with him who opens wide his lips.

An inheritance gotten hastily at the beginning shall not be blessed in the end.

Say thou not, I will recompense evil. Wait for LORD, and he will save thee.

Diverse weights are an abomination to LORD, and a FALSE balance is not good.

He who stops his ears at the cry of a poor man, he also shall cry, but shall not be heard.

He who loves pleasure shall be a poor man. He who loves wine and oil shall not be rich.

There is he who covets greedily all the day long, but the righteous gives and does not withhold.

Train up a child in the way he should go, and even when he is old he will not depart from it.

Have I not written to thee excellent things of counsels and knowledge,

Do not rob a poor man, because he is poor, nor oppress an afflicted man in the gate.

Make no friendship with a man who is given to anger, and thou shall not go with a wrathful man,

Be thou not one of those who strike hands, [or] of those who are sureties for debts.

If thou have not wherewith to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?

Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.

See thou a man diligent in his business? He shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before obscure men.

Be not thou envious against evil men, nor desire to be with them.

Wisdom is too high for a fool. He opens not his mouth in the gate.

If thou say, Behold, we did not know this, Does not he who weighs the hearts consider it? And he who keeps thy soul, does he not know it? And shall not he render to every man according to his work?

so the knowledge of wisdom [is] to thy soul. If thou have found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy hope shall not be cut off.

Lay not in wait, O wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous. Do not destroy his resting place.

Rejoice not when thine enemy falls, and let not thy heart be glad when he is overthrown,

Fret not thyself because of evil-doers, nor be thou envious at the wicked.

My son, fear thou LORD and the king, [and] do not associate with those who are given to change.

These also are from the wise: To have respect of persons in judgment is not good.

Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause, and deceive not with thy lips.

Say not, I will do so to him as he has done to me; I will render to the man according to his work.

Put not thyself forward in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great men.

Go not forth hastily to strive. What will thou do in the end of it when thy neighbor has put thee to shame?

Debate thy case with thy neighbor [himself], and disclose not the secret of another,

lest he who hears it revile thee, and thine infamy turn not away.

It is not good to eat much honey, so [for men] to search out their own glory is grievous.

As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honor is not seemly for a fool.

As the sparrow in her wandering, as the swallow in her flying, so the curse that is causeless does not alight.

Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like to him.

He who passes by, [and] meddles with strife not his, [is like] he who takes a dog by the ears.

so is the man who deceives his neighbor, and says, Am I not in sport?

When he speaks graciously, believe him not, for there are seven abominations in his heart.

Boast not thyself of tomorrow, for thou know not what a day may bring forth.

Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth, a stranger, and not thine own lips.

Forsake not thine own friend, and thy father's friend. And go not to thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity. Better is a neighbor nearby than a brother far off.

Though thou should pound a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, yet his foolishness will not depart from him.

For riches are not forever. And does the crown endure to all generations?

Evil men do not understand justice, but those who seek LORD understand all things.

He who covers his transgressions shall not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them shall obtain mercy.

A faithful man shall abound with blessings, but he who makes haste to be rich shall not be unpunished.

To have respect of persons is not good, nor that a man should transgress for a piece of bread.

He who has an evil eye hastens after riches, and does not know that want shall come upon him.

He who gives to the poor shall not lack, but he who hides his eyes shall have many a curse.

A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his steps.

A servant will not be corrected by words, for though he understands, he will not give heed.

Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man,

and I have not learned wisdom, nor have I the knowledge of the Holy.

Add thou not to his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.

Two things I have asked of thee, deny me not before I die:

Slander not a servant to his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be held guilty.

There is a generation who curses their father, and does not bless their mother.

There is a generation who are pure in their own eyes, and [yet] are not washed from their filthiness.

The leach has two daughters, [crying], Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, [yea], four that do not say, Enough:

Sheol, and the barren womb, the earth that is not satisfied with water, and the fire that does not say, Enough.

There are three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not:

The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their food in the summer,

The lion, which is mightiest among beasts, and turns not away from any,

Give not thy strength to women, nor thy ways to that which destroys kings.

It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, nor for rulers [to say], Where is strong drink?

Let him drink, and forget his need, and remember his misery no more.

She does him good and not evil all the days of her life.

She also rises while it is yet night, and gives food to her household, and their task to her maidens.

She perceives that her merchandise is profitable. Her lamp does not go out by night.

She is not afraid of the snow for her household, for all her household are clothed with scarlet.

She looks well to the ways of her household, and does not eat the bread of idleness.

All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full. To the place from where the rivers come, there they go again.

All things are full of weariness, man cannot utter [it]. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

And whatever my eyes desired I kept not from them. I did not withhold my heart from any joy. For my heart rejoiced because of all my labor, and this was my portion from all my labor.

For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, and with knowledge, and with skillfulness, yet he shall leave it to a man who has not labored in it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.

For all his days are [but] sorrows, and his travail is grief, yea, even in the night his heart takes no rest. This also is vanity.

Keep thy foot when thou go to the house of God, for to draw near to hear is better than to give the sacrifice of fools. For they know not that they do evil.

Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thy heart be hasty to utter anything before God. For God is in heaven, and thou upon earth. Therefore let thy words be few.

When thou vow a vow to God, defer not to pay it, for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay that which thou vow.

Better is it that thou should not vow, than that thou should vow and not pay.

Do not allow thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin, nor say thou before the [heavenly] agent, that is was an error. Why should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thy hands?

If thou see the oppression of a poor man, and the violent wresting of justice and righteousness in a province, marvel not at the matter. For [a man] higher than the high is observing, and there are higher [men] than they.

He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he who loves abundance, with increase. This also is vanity.

The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the fullness of the rich will not allow him to sleep.