The fear of the Lord gives life: and he who has it will have need of nothing; no evil will come his way.

A son who no longer gives attention to teaching is turned away from the words of knowledge.

Most men make no secret of their kind acts: but where is a man of good faith to be seen?

"It's no good, it's no good," says the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasts.

By their violent acts the evil-doers will be pulled away, because they have no desire to do what is right.

The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour findeth no favour in his eyes.

He whose ears are stopped at the cry of the poor, will himself get no answer to his cry for help.

Whoso is loving mirth is a poor man, Whoso is loving wine and oil maketh no wealth.

The desire of the hater of work is death to him, for his hands will do no work.

There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.

That thy trust may be in Jehovah, I caused thee to know to-day, even thou.

That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send unto thee?

Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:

If you have no money to pay,
even your bed will be taken from under you.

Have no desire to his dainties, seeing it is lying food.

Take no care to get wealth; let there be an end to your desire for money

Eat not the bread of an evil eye, And have no desire to his dainties,

Say nothing in the hearing of a foolish man, for he will put no value on the wisdom of your words.

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

Have no envy of sinners in your heart, but keep in the fear of the Lord all through the day;

Keep no company with winebibbers and riotous eaters of flesh;

Who has woe? Who has sorrow?
Who has conflicts? Who has complaints?
Who has wounds for no reason?
Who has red eyes?

'They have smitten me, and I am not sore; they have beaten me, and I knew it not. When shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.''

Have no envy for evil men, or any desire to be with them:

If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works?

So shalt thou know wisdom to be unto thy soul; If thou hast found it, then shall there be a reward, And thy hope shall not be cut off.

Lay no privy wait wickedly upon the house of the righteous, and disquiet not his resting place.

For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out.

Revere thou Yahweh, my son, and the king, and, with the fickle, have thou no fellowship;

Be no false witness against thy neighbour, and hurt him not with thy lips.

As heaven is to height and the earth is to depth, so [is] the heart of kings--there is no searching.

Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.

Or he who hears it will shame you
And the rumor about you [and your action in court] will have no end.

As the cold of snow in the time of grain-cutting, so is a true servant to those who send him; for he gives new life to the soul of his master.

[Like] clouds and wind when there is no rain, [so too is] a man who boasts in a gift of deception.

He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.

The legs of one who has no power of walking are hanging loose; so is a wise saying in the mouth of the foolish.

A man of experience discerneth all things well, but whoso hireth a fool, hireth such one as will take no heed.

Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.

When he says fair words, have no belief in him; for in his heart are seven evils:

Do not boast about tomorrow,
For you do not know what a day may bring.

The full man has no use for honey, but to the man in need of food every bitter thing is sweet.

Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.

When hay is removed and new growth appears
and the grain from the hills is gathered in,

The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.

In the transgression of a land many its chiefs: and by a man understanding to know, the place shall be extended.

A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.

Those who have no respect for the law give praise to the evil-doer; but such as keep the law are against him.

Evil men have no knowledge of what is right; but those who go after the Lord have knowledge of all things.

The prince who has no sense is a cruel ruler; but he who has no desire to get profit for himself will have long life.

A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him.

He who hurries for wealth is {a man with an evil eye}, but he does not know that poverty will come upon him.

Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression; the same is the companion of a destroyer.

Whoso is giving to the poor hath no lack, And whoso is hiding his eyes multiplied curses.

A man often reproved, hardening the neck, Is suddenly broken, and there is no healing.

The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.

If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest.

Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.

By words, a servant is not disciplined, for he will understand, but there is no giving heed.

For I am more like a beast than any man, I have no power of reasoning like a man:

Nor have I learned wisdom, Yet the knowledge of Holy Ones I know.

Who has ascended into heaven and descended?
Who has gathered the wind in His fists?
Who has bound the waters in His garment?
Who has established all the ends of the earth?
What is His name, and what is His Son’s name?
Certainly you know!

Make no addition to his words, or he will make clear your error, and you will be seen to be false.

The eye which makes sport of a father, and sees no value in a mother when she is old will be rooted out by the ravens of the valley, and be food for the young eagles.

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

Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.

The conies, a people of, no power, yet set they, among the crags, their house;

The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;

The lion, hero among beasts, which turneth aside from the face of no one;

A greyhound; an he goat also; and a king, against whom there is no rising up.

No, my son! No, my son whom I conceived! No, my son to whom I gave birth!

O Lemuel, give kings no wine, give kings and princes no strong drink;

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.

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

Speak up for those who have no voice,
for the justice of all who are dispossessed.

The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil.

She considers a field before she buys or accepts it [expanding her business prudently];
With her profits she plants fruitful vines in her vineyard.

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

Fair looks are a deceit, and a beautiful form is of no value; but a woman who has the fear of the Lord is to be praised.

All is to no purpose, said the Preacher, all the ways of man are to no purpose.

All things toil continuously; no one can ever finish describing this. The eye is never satisfied with seeing, and the ear is never filled with hearing.

The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.

Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.

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 have seen all the works which are done under the sun; all is to no purpose, and desire for wind.

And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.

I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity.

Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.

The wise! -- his eyes are in his head, and the fool in darkness is walking, and I also knew that one event happeneth with them all;

Then said I in my heart: As it comes to the foolish man, so will it come to me; so why have I been wise overmuch? Then I said in my heart: This again is to no purpose.

For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool.

So I was hating life, because everything under the sun was evil to me: all is to no purpose and desire for wind.

And who is to say if that man will be wise or foolish? But he will have power over all my work which I have done and in which I have been wise under the sun. This again is to no purpose.

Because there is a man whose work has been done with wisdom, with knowledge, and with an expert hand; but one who has done nothing for it will have it for his heritage. This again is to no purpose and a great evil.

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

For no one can eat and drink or experience joy apart from him.

To the man with whom he is pleased, God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy; but to the sinner he gives the work of getting goods together and storing up wealth, to give to him in whom God has pleasure. This again is to no purpose and desire for wind.

He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.

I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.

I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him.