Do not say sharp words to a man of pride, or he will have hate for you; make them clear to a wise man, and you will be dear to him.

Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.

It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.

At the death of an upright man his hope does not come to an end, but the hope of the evil-doer comes to destruction.

Without counsels do a people fall, And deliverance is in a multitude of counsellors.

He will suffer trouble when he loans to a stranger, but he who refuses a pledge is safe.

He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind. And a foolish man shall be servant to a wise man of heart.

There shall no evil happen to a righteous man; but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.

A lazy man doesn’t roast his game,
but to a diligent man, his wealth is precious.

A wise child [hears] the discipline of a father, but a scoffer does not listen to a rebuke.

Desire realized is sweet to the soul;
But it is detestable to fools to turn away from evil [which they have planned].

A scoffer seeks wisdom, and doesn't find it, but knowledge comes easily to a discerning person.

See that thou meddle not with a fool; and do as though thou hadst no knowledge.

There is a way which seems right to a man and appears straight before him,
But its end is the way of death.

Righteousness will exalt a nation, but sin [is] a reproach to a people.

The favour of a king is to a wise servant, And an object of his wrath is one causing shame!

Joy is to a man in the answer of his mouth, And a word in its season -- how good!

Whoever listens to a life-giving rebuke will be at home among the wise.

The intentions of the heart belong to a man, but the answer of the tongue comes from the Lord.

He who is attentive to a matter will find goodness, and he who trusts in Yahweh, his own happiness.

There is a way which seems right to a man and appears straight before him,
But its end is the way of death.

A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.

Excellent speech is not fitting for a fool,
Much less are lying lips to a prince.

A rebuke strikes him who understands deeper than one hundred blows to a fool.

He also that is remiss in his work, A brother he is to a destroyer.

Many court the favour of a noble; and every one is friend to a man that giveth.

One who is gracious to a poor man lends to the Lord,
And He will repay him for his good deed.

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

He who does violence to a father, he who chases away a mother, [is] a child who causes shame and brings reproach.

An honour to a man is cessation from strife, And every fool intermeddleth.

Take his garment, for he has given security [to] a stranger, and on behalf of a foreigner--take it as pledge.

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

It is a snare to a man rashly to say, It is holy, And after vows to make inquiry.

It is joy to a righteous man to do what is right; but it is ruin for the workers of iniquity.

To a city of warriors, the wise ascends, and he will bring down the stronghold--its object of trust.

Give instruction to a youth about his way, Even when he is old he turneth not from it.

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

He who oppresses a poor man to his increase, [and] he who gives to a rich man, [comes] only to want.

Don’t speak to a fool,
for he will despise the insight of your words.

Wisdom is inaccessible to a fool;
he does not open his mouth at the gate.

Though thou say, Lo! we knew not this, Shall not, he that proveth hearts, himself, discern? And, he that formeth thy soul, himself, know? and bring back to a son of earth according to his deed?

He who says to a wicked man, Thou are righteous, peoples shall curse him, nations shall abhor him.

I went by the field belonging to a lazy man, by a vineyard belonging to a senseless person.

do not hastily bring out to court, for what will you do at its end, when your neighbor puts you to shame?

A ring of gold, and an ornament of pure gold, Is the wise reprover to an attentive ear.

As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to an heavy heart.

As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.

As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so, unbecoming to a dullard is honour.

He is lame of his feet, yea drunken is he in vanity, that committeth any message to a fool.

As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so is he that giveth honour to a fool.

A satiated soul treadeth down a honeycomb, And to a hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

Take his garment, for he gives surety [to] a stranger, and to {an adulteress}--[so] take his pledge.

As in water face [is] to face, so the heart of a man [is] to a man.

Whoso leadeth the righteous in to an evil way, shall fall into his own pit; but the just shall have the good in possession.

A man that does violence to the blood of any person shall flee to a pit; let no man help him.

He who says words of protest to a man will later have more approval than one who says smooth words with his tongue.

Whoso is robbing his father, or his mother, And is saying, 'It is not transgression,' A companion he is to a destroyer.

By justice a king gives stability [to] a land, but a man of bribes will ruin it.

A ruler listening to a word of falsehood, all his officials are wicked.

An unjust man is an abomination to the righteous, and he who is upright in the way is an abomination to a wicked man.

The words of Agur, the son of Jakeh, from Massa. The man says: I am full of weariness, O God, I am full of weariness; O God, I have come to an end:

As for the eye that ridicules a father
and despises obedience to a mother,
may ravens of the valley pluck it out
and young vultures eat it.

Ants aren't a strong species, yet they prepare their food in the summer.

The rock badgers aren't a strong species either, yet they build their dens in the rocks.

What is the profit to a man in all his labor which he labors under the sun?

The sun rises and the sun sets; it hurries away to a place from which it rises again.

Is there a word will be said, See, this is new? This was already to a long time which was before us.

I communed with mine own heart, saying, "Lo, I am come to a great estate, and have gotten more wisdom, than all they that have been before me in Jerusalem." Yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge,

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

And I have hated all my labour that I labour at under the sun, because I leave it to a man who is after me.

For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.

For what hath been to a man by all his labour, and by the thought of his heart that he laboured at under the sun?

For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;

I saw that all labor and all skillful work is due to a man’s jealousy of his friend. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

After all, a king who cultivates the field is an advantage to the land.

Whatever has happened was foreordained, and what happens to a person was also foreknown. It is useless for him to argue with God about his fate because God is more powerful than he is.

For there are many words which increase futility. What then is the advantage to a man?

It is better to go to a house of mourning
than to go to a house of feasting,
since that is the end of all mankind,
and the living should take it to heart.

It is better to listen to a wise person's rebuke than to listen to the praise of fools.

I have seen it all during my pointless life: both a righteous person who dies while he is righteous, and a wicked person who lives to an old age, while remaining wicked.

The wisdom giveth strength to a wise man, more than wealth the rulers who have been in a city.

Who is a wise person? Who knows the solution to a problem? A person's wisdom brightens his appearance, and softens his harsh countenance.

But to him who is joined unto all the living there is confidence, for to a living dog it is better than to the dead lion.

If the serpent biteth without enchantment, Then there is no advantage to a master of the tongue.

The toil of a fool so wearies him that he does not even know how to go to a city.

In the morning sow thy seed, and at evening thou shalt not let thy hand rest: for thou shalt not know whether this shall be right, this or that, or if they two as one being good.

I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh's chariots.

My beloved is like to a roe, Or to a young one of the harts. Lo, this -- he is standing behind our wall, Looking from the windows, Blooming from the lattice.

Till the day doth break forth, And the shadows have fled away, Turn, be like, my beloved, To a roe, or to a young one of the harts, On the mountains of separation!

“I said ‘So I must arise now and go out into the city;
Into the streets and into the squares [places I do not know]
I must seek him whom my soul loves.’
I sought him but I did not find him.

This thy stature is like to a palm tree, and thy breasts to clusters of grapes.

We have a young sister, and she has no breasts; what are we to do for our sister in the day when she is given to a man?

The companions are attending to thy voice, Cause me to hear. Flee, my beloved, and be like to a roe,

Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.

And the downfall of transgressors and sinners, shall be, together, - And, they who forsake Yahweh, shall be brought to an end;

And as for the glory of your graven images, it shall be turned to dry straw, and he that made them to a spark. And they shall both burn together, so that no man shall be able to quench them.

In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made each one for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats;

And he will let a flag be lifted up as a sign to a far-off nation, whistling to them from the ends of the earth: and they will come quickly and suddenly.

And it howleth against it in that day as the howling of a sea, And it hath looked attentively to the land, And lo, darkness -- distress, And light hath been darkened by its abundance!